Al Duhail rallied to score a 2-1 win over Al Rayyan in Week 3 of the 2022-2023 season QNB Stars League at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium on Tuesday.

Goalless at half-time, the match turned thrilling in the second half with Al Rayyan ruing an 89th-minute missed penalty strike by Yohan Boli which hit the crossbar and denied them the chance to force a draw. 

It was Boli who opened the scoring with a wonderful goal in the eighth minute before Al Duhail came back with goals from Yousef Ayman and Khaled Mohammed in the 48th and 87th minute respectively.

The final moments of the match saw frenetic action and a volley from Boli was stopped by hand by Al Duhail’s Diyab Haroon earning him a red card and a spot-kick to Al Rayyan. While Boli took the kick and hit hard, the ball hit the top bar of the goal post and flew away.

Earlier, soon in the second half, an alert Yousef Ayman chipped in Al Duhail’s equaliser in a goalmouth melee following a well-directed corner kick from Edmilson Junior.

The goal saw The Red Knights gain momentum and attack the opponents’ goal on several occasions.

They eventually succeeded in scoring the second goal when Khaled Mohammed picked on the ball after a lapse from a rival player and made a dash from near the centre to beat a hapless goalkeeper to his right with a powerful hit from the top of the box.

Al Duhail seemed heading home before Boli’s kick from a cross into the goal was stopped by Diyab.

Unfortunately for Al Rayyan and luckily for Al Duhail, the penalty could not be converted into a goal.

In the end, a foul against Edmilson on the sidelines saw tempers flare.