Relegation survival boost for Anthony Izuchukwu’s Al-Khaleej

Al Khaleej acquired an enormous enhance within the bid to beat relegation from the Saudi Professional League this season following their 3-0 victory over Al Raed on Friday night time.

Taking part in at house on the Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium in entrance of a modest 3979 crowd, Al Khaleej cruised to a snug win and saved solely their third clear sheet.

The sport noticed a number of probabilities go begging within the opening exchanges, however after the half hour mark, Al Khaleej discovered the breakthrough.

Andre Biyogo Poko scored the opener, punishing the customer’s poor defensive arrange on the again.

Within the second half, the hosts remained dominant and pressed onerous, additionally counting on the counterattack and it proved efficient when a wonderful via ball from the left picked out Khaled Al-Samiri (60′).

Al-Samiri went for precision and approach, dropping his shoulder to twist the ball previous the goalkeeper.

Soko Cikalleshi (89′) accomplished the routing with a exact low shot from exterior the field beating the goalkeeper straightforward.

With the victory, the group managed by Portuguese coach, Pedro Emanuel additionally stretched their successful streak to a few video games; one of the best type within the league in the meanwhile.

In the meantime, as soon as once more, Nigerian CB Izuchukwu Anthony acquired one other beginning place and performed for the complete 90 minutes.

Anthony clocked in his seventh league look for the membership and three of these have been victories, serving to carry the membership out of the relegation waters.

Though the win lifted them out of the relegation zone – 1 level and one place above the drop zone – Al Khaleej face seventh positioned Abha away from house of their subsequent league fixture.

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