Harambee Stars captain Michael Olunga was on target when his side Duhail saw off Pakhtor Tashkent 3-0 at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in the return leg of the AFC Champions League group stage match.Olunga has now scored twice in the Champions League this season, bagging the lone goal in the win against Sepahan S.C. and in the win against Pakhtor on Monday.Low and precise from Michael Olunga 💥That’s 1⃣1⃣ goals in 9⃣ #ACL games for the Kenyan 🇰🇪 forward 👏#ACL2022 | #PAKvDUH pic.twitter.com/6TmICb7w2B— #ACL2022 (@TheAFCCL) April 18, 2022 The win saw Duhail ascend to the top of the group with nine points, displacing Al-Taawoun who dropped points after playing to a one-all draw with Sepahan in the other match of the day.Duhail had beaten The Uzbek side 3-2 in the first leg four days earlier and staged an even more perfect second leg encounter to win without conceding.Bassam Al-Rawi had opened the scoring for the Qatari side after 32 minutes, with the Kenyan striker doubling the advantage for Duhail in the second minute of stoppage time in the first half.Ending Easter on a high. +1goal+3point Good team effort. 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/su6nGq0dW1— MICHAEL OLUNGA (@OgadaOlunga) April 18, 2022 Two minutes after resumption for the second leg, Almoez Ali struck the third goal for Duhail to stretch the game out of the reach of Pakhtor after being set up by hattrick hero in the reverse fixture Edmilson Junior.Duhail face-off with Al-Taawoun on Friday, with a win for them guaranteeing them a top-of-the-group finish and progression to the next round which they missed last season after finished second in their group.
