Harambee Stars captain Michael Olunga featured for the full length of the game when his Al Duhail side showed incredible character to come from two goals down as they held defending league champions Al Sadd to a 2-2 draw in the top-flight Qatar Stars League (QSL) yesterday. Trailing by two goals on 57 minutes, Duhail, who are coached by Argentinian great Hernan Crespo, showed exactly why they are currently at the top of the table in the ongoing 2022/2023 campaign as they hit back with two goals right at the death to salvage a point that ensured they got to keep a five point lead.Al Sadd fired the warning shots as early as the ninth minute through Algerian hitman Baghdad Bounedjah but Olunga’s side were let off the hook when his goal was chopped off following VAR intervention.On the 33rd minute however, nothing could stop the striker from finding a legitimate goal as he thunderously powered in an inch perfect Santi Cazorla cross into the area to give Al Sadd the lead heading into the break.Cazorla, the former Arsenal ace, then turned from provider to goal scorer when finished off a sweeping from Al Sadd when he elegantly directed Pedro Miguel’s low cross into the area past the outstretched Hassan Mousa in the Duhail goal.With the game looking likely to end with only one outcome as the clock hit the 90th minute mark, South Korean international Tae-Hee Nam unleashed the spectacular in pulling one back for his side as he scored from way outside the area that left the keeper with no chance.##NAJAVA_MECA_7088115##Just when it looked as if all was over, former Newcastle and Napoli defender Federico Fernandez pulled the rabbit out of the hole as he found himself in the right place to head in a desperate cross floated into the area by Musa Mohammed as they forced the draw that left Al Sadd with a broken heart.Kenyan turned Qatari Hashim Ali came in on 83 minutes for Al Sadd. Amos NondiElsewhere, Kenyan international Amos Nondi featured for 65 minutes as his Armenian side Ararat Armenia recorded a hard-fought 1-0 win over Shirak Gyumri courtesy of a 78th minute own goal from Aleksa Vidic.Kenyan international Alwyn Tera, who also plays for the same club, was however not called upon as he watched the entire game from the substitutes bench. Mathare United continues giant-killing streak with win over AFC LeopardsThe result saw Ararat cement their second place on the log, just six points behind log leading Urartu.
