Kenyan international Michael Olunga clocked 90 minutes as Al Duhail surrendered a one-goal lead to suffer their second defeat of the season after a 2-1 loss to Umm-Salal in the Qatar Stars League. Al Duhail returned back to action after a 52-day break with their last clash coming back on Wednesday 3 November in the six-goal thriller stalemate against Al Sadd. 🚩 نهاية المباراةأم صلال 2 × 1 #الدحيل⚽ 29’ إسماعيل محمد⚫ 39’ ياسين بخيت⚫ 85’ باربوساالاسبوع 10 | #دوري_نجوم_QNB pic.twitter.com/0imjNREeAa— نادي الدحيل ALDUHAIL (@DuhailSC) December 25, 2021 The clash marked Xavi Hernandez’ last match in charge of Al Sadd before he completed the fairytale return to Barcelona as a head coach, taking over from Ronald Koeman.Al Duhail started the clash with impetus and made their early dominance count just a minute before the half-hour mark when Ismaeel Mohammad broke the deadlock.Umm-Salal however pulled level 10 minutes later through Yaseen Al Bakhit as both teams went into the halftime break locked in a 1-1 draw. Duhail came out guns blazing in the second half as they pushed for a goal to put them ahead but Umm-Salal withered the storm to put the 2020 champions at bay. 85’ هدف لفريق أم صلالأم صلال 2 × 1 #الدحيلالاسبوع 10 | #دوري_نجوم_QNB— نادي الدحيل ALDUHAIL (@DuhailSC) December 25, 2021 Umm-Salal stunned Duhail in the 85th minute Isael da Silva bagged the match-winner to compound Olunga’s side to their second loss of the season. The loss comes as a big blow to Duhail’s title ambitions as they fail to whittle Al Sadd’s six-point lead at the summit of the log.
