In the aftermath of Al-Hilal's defeat against Al-Nassr (1-3, doubled by Cristiano Ronaldo), Al-Ittihad had the opportunity to accentuate his lead at the top of the Saudi Arabian championship. The formation led by Laurent Blanc was satisfied with a point against Al-Ahli, the club of Edouard Mendy, by snatching the zero result (2-2) thanks to Karim Benzema at the end of the suspense!
Roger Ibañez opened the scoring for Al-Ahli on a decisive pass from Riyad Mahrez (51st), before the equalization of Moussa Diaby (74th). The end of the meeting was crazy since the English international Ivan Toney gave the advantage to his team (82nd), before an equalization after additional time signed “KB9”, on a center of the side Abdulelah Al Amri (95th).
Al-Ittihad is five points ahead of al-Hilal (and eight on al-Nassr). N'Golo Kanté and his teammates will try to resume his march in front against the 13th in the ranking next week, Al-Orubah. Al-Hilal will have a much more complicated opponent with Al-etttifaq from Karl Toko Ekambi.
Beautiful people behind Benzema
Benzema, silent in his last five games (including the semi-final won against Al-Shabab during the week), now has 17 goals in Saudi Pro League. He is only ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo, author of 21 goals this season with Al-Nassr.
Further in the scorer ranking, we find Myziane Maolida (12 goals), Georges-Kevin N'koudou (11 goals), Georginio Wijnaldum (11 goals), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (11 goals), Houssem Aouar (10 goals), Sadio Mané (7 goals) or Moussa Dembélé (7 goals).
