Al Wahda rally to down Al Duhail to remain unbeaten in ACL Elite

Hosts Al Wahda came back from going a goal behind to remain unbeaten in the AFC Champions League Elite as Jose Morais' side notched up a 3-1 win over Qatar's Al Duhail at Abu Dhabi's Al Nahyan Stadium on Monday.

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Kryzsztof Piatek had given the visitors a 20th minute lead but an Omar Khribin penalty 15 minutes later levelled the scores before Brahima Diarra put Al Wahda in front two minutes into stoppage time and Ala Zouhir hit a spectacular third in the 67th minute.

The result moves Al Wahda onto seven points from their first three games while Al Duhail are still looking for their first win, with Djamel Belmadi's side on one point.

Al Wahda had impressed in the opening exchanges, only for Morais' side to go behind.

Dusan Tadic sliced his close-range effort wide of the Al Duhail goal in the 12th minute after being played in on goal by Zouhir as the home side made a positive start with the former Ajax Amsterdam playmaker to the fore.

Zouhir unlocked the visiting defence again three minutes later when he muscled his way past the defence to clip in a cross from the right that the unmarked Caio Canedo slammed over the bar from 15 yards out.

It was against the run of play, then, that Al Duhail took the lead as the halfway point in the half approached.