Harambee Stars captain Michael Olunga continued with his impressive form in front of goal in the 2022/2023 Qatar Stars Cup as he scored two more goals on Saturday evening to help his Al Duhail side maintain their unbeaten start to the competition following a 3-0 victory over Al Rayyan in a match staged at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium.Prior to the encounter, Olunga was already enjoying a rich vein of form as he had scored back to back hat tricks in the opening two group matches of the competition before adding one more to his tally in the third pool game.How to vote for Olunga in Asia’s Player of the Month gongThe Kenyan international would prove unstoppable as he maintained his purple patch with the brace which propelled his side to their third win in four group matches.After a silent opening quarter of an hour, Olunga, who was named in the match day starting eleven, opened the scoring on the 19th minute after successfully beating the Al Rayyan defense.🔴 نهاية المباراة#الدحيل 3 × 0 الريان⚽️ 5’ مايكل أولونغا⚽️ 37’ مايكل أولونغا⚽️ 52’ صهيب جنانالجولة الرابعة | #كأس_Ooredoo pic.twitter.com/l3d8PilaM3— نادي الدحيل ALDUHAIL (@DuhailSC) October 8, 2022 Seven minutes to the half time break, the 28 year old ensured that Hernan Crespo’s half time team talk was slightly comfortable as he scored his second goal of the match.Despite another hat trick just evading Olunga, Suhaib Gannan added the third for Duhail to put the game out of Al Rayyan’s reach by the 54th minute. That goal would prove to be the final meaningful moment as Duhail held onto the three goals and comfortably dealt with Rayyan till the full time whistle.##NAJAVA_MECA_6706218##With the result, Duhail, who maintained their unbeaten start to the cup competition (3W 1D), kept a one point lead at the top of Group B ahead of their final group clash and ensured that they have automatically advanced to the semifinals of the cup due to the insurmountable gap to third placed Al Gharafa.Olunga also extended his lead at the top of the scoring charts where he now sits on nine goals, five ahead of closest challenger Baghdad Boudnejah from Al Sadd. Olunga has also now scored in the four consecutive cup games.Duhail will face Shamal in their last group clash on Saturday 15 October 2022.
