Kenyan international Michael Olunga extended his purple patch for Al Duhail by netting his 16th goal of the season in the 4-2 win over Al-Gharafa in the Qatar Stars League (QSL) on Thursday 13 January. The former Gor Mahia forward now has a healthy five-goal buffer between himself and second top sorcerer Baghdad Bounedjah who is in action in the Africa Cup of Nations with Algeria. 🎥 Olunga @ALGHARAFACLUB 0-[2] @DuhailSC #QNBstarsLeague pic.twitter.com/pQDVCCpdI2— Qatar Stars League (@QSL_EN) January 13, 2022 The win saw Al Duhail reclaim the top spot with Al Sadd dropping to second but have three games in hand as the early title race looks headed up already. It only took 14 minutes for Al Duhail to break the deadlock through Brazilian forward Edmilson Junior who had time and space inside the 18-yard box to chest the ball and fire in the ball.Olunga who was fresh from scoring a brace in the 2-0 win over Al Arabi extended his hot goalscoring form by netting in the second for Al Duhail, just two minutes after the resumption of the second half.The goal come after Edmilson Junior floated in a cross that was scooped home by the outstretched boot of Olunga despite having defenders tightly marking him.Duhail put the game to bed in the 56th minute when skipper Ali Almoez fired in the third goal after he was put through on goal by Luiz to nestle the bottom right corner of the net. Just when Duhail looked home and try Gabriel pulled one back for Al-Gharafa three minutes later after he profited when Duhail failed to clear their lines from a free-kick guiding his header into the net. 🚩 نهاية المباراةالغرافة 2 × 4 #الدحيل⚽ 14’ ادميلسون جونيور⚽ 47’ مايكل أولونغا ⚽ 56’ المعز علي ⚫ 59’ غابريل بيريس⚫ 69’ أحمد الجانحي⚽ 90’ رابح بوسافي الاسبوع 14 | #دوري_نجوم_QNB pic.twitter.com/RZmnlv53mk— نادي الدحيل ALDUHAIL (@DuhailSC) January 13, 2022 Al-Gharafa threatened to pull off a memorable comeback when Ahmed Alganehi netted in the 69th minute again capitalized on a defensive mix up from Duhail to unleash a thunderbolt from outside the 18-yard area. Rabih Boussafi scored in the 98th minute to ensure the three points for Duhail as they pipped Al Sadd to reclaim top spot despite the latter playing three games less.
