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Lekhwiya knew that they couldn’t afford to slip up against an Al Ahli side who is one of the best counter attacking teams in the league.<br />
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However they almost lost this round 12 clash that was played at the Grand Hamad stadium.<br />
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Meshal Abdulla Abdulla opened the scoring in the 10^th minute with a strong header to give the Brigadiers a perfect start against last season’s champions.<br />
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And that’s how it stayed until the 32^nd minute when Ismael Mohammed found the net after a perfectly weighted through-ball courtesy of Iraqi Hussein Ali Shehab.<br />
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Then some sloppy defending from Lekhwiya saw them gift a goal to Al Ahli in the 84^th minute. Weiss lost the ball after being pressured and Dioko seized the opportunity as he rounded the defender and smashed home his effort.<br />
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With just a few minutes of the game left and with Ahli leading it was once again Ismael Mohammed who saved the day for Lekhwiya. In the 4^th minute of extra time he pounced on a Weiss corner delivery after the initial clearance was messed up.<br />
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Laudrup looked relieved after it looked like the Red Knights would end the night with their second defeat of the season.<br />
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The result means that Lekhwiya stay in 2^nd but a 5 pint gap between themselves and Al Sadd has now appeared.<br />
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Al Ahli remains in 6^th with 20 points and can feel hard done by in a tight game where they quite clearly held their own.