Al-Hilal, coached by Portuguese Jorge Jesus, defeated Al-Ahly 3-1 this Friday in the 11th round of the Saudi Football League and consolidated their lead in the competition.
Jorge Jesus’ side, which included Portugal international Ruben Neves in the eleven, opened the scoring in the first minute of the game through Serbia international Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and extended their lead in the 37th minute through another Serbian striker, Aleksandar’s launch Mitrovic, ex-Fulham, from Marco Silva.
The same Mitrovic could have made the score 2:0 earlier, in the 26th minute, when he was given the task of converting a penalty, but he failed.
In the second half, Al Ahly, which includes players such as Brazilian Roberto Firmino, formerly of Liverpool, or Algerian Riyad Mahrez, former of Manchester City, reduced the score in the 58th minute thanks to French striker Allan Saint- Maximen, formerly of Newcastle, resumes discussion of the result.
The score was sealed in the 84th minute when Brazilian centre-back Ibanez, a former Roma player under Jose Mourinho, scored an own goal to give Al Hilal their third goal.
With the goal, Mitrovic moved up to second place in the top scorers list with eight goals, behind only Cristiano Ronaldo who leads the way with 11 goals.
With the win, Al Hilal extended their lead with 29 points, five more than Al Taawon, who are second with 24, and six more than Al Fateh, third with 23 points. . Al-Nasr of Luis Castro, Cristiano Ronaldo and Otavio remains in fourth place with 22 points, but has one less game to play on Saturday at home to Al Fehi.