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<p>Al Arabi earned a hard-fought 1-0 win over Al Khor in Week 17 of the 2019-20 QNB Stars League at the Al Arabi Stadium on Friday.</p><p>Hamdi Harbaoui scored the winner in the 21st minute.</p><p>Al Arabi moved on to 24 points and Al Khor stood on 14.</p><p>Al Arabi were the side that was more on the offensive as the game began. After Al Arabi’s tall forward Pierre Michel-Lasogga headed straight to goalkeeper Baba Djibril, The Dream Team succeeded in taking the lead as well, with Harbaoui scoring off a long pass from Jassem Jaber. The Tunisian striker controlled the ball with his chest before volleying the ball home on the turn.</p><p>However, Al Khor attacked more as the match wore on and did everything in pursuit of an equaliser that never came.</p><p>Tiago Bezerra and Ahmed Hammoudan were at the helm of Al Khor’s attacks. Hammoudan’s feeble header off Tiago’s cross in the 35th minute went narrowly wide and the latter had a shot well-blocked by Al Arabi goalkeeper Mahmoud Ibrahim.</p><p>It was then Tiago’s turn to narrowly miss the mark as the first half drew to a close.</p><p>Al Khor kept attacking in the second half and one such move saw Al Arabi’s Khalaf Sadd make a goalline save with his head even as the goalkeeper had left his charge.</p><p>Amid Al Khor’s wave of attacks, Harbaoui scored for a second time in the third minute of stoppage time off a pass from former Al Khor player Helal Al Mohannadi, but was ruled offside.</p><p>Al Arabi went into the match on a high as they were unbeaten in their previous three league matches, drawing against Umm Salal (1-1), Al Shahania (0-0) and Al Sadd (1-1).</p><p>The Dream Team’s draw against reigning champions Al Sadd in Week 16 was indeed creditable, given that they had suffered a 1-6 loss in their first-leg Qatar Derby.</p><p>No doubt, this is a vastly-improved Al Arabi side, especially defensively.</p><p>Al Khor will need to bag as many points as possible from the remaining games as they are not completely safe from the threat of relegation.</p><p>Al Arabi had beaten Al Khor 3-1 in the first leg of 2019-20 QNB Stars League.</p>