Olunga scores in Al-Duhail defeat to Ronaldo’s team in AFC Champions League

Kenyan International Michael Olunga was on target as his side Al-Duhail suffered a 4-3 defeat away to Christiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr in the Asian FC Champions League match played on Tuesday evening.

It was the third straight win for the Saudi Arabia Premier League side in Group E of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League.

Anderson Talisca gave the hosts the lead after 25 minutes at the King Saud University Stadium.

Later in the second half Senegal captain Sadio Mane made it 2-0 after 56 minutes, but Ismail Mohamad pulled one back for the Qatari team after 63 minutes. Christiano Ronaldo later netted a brace for Al-Nassr, while Al Moez Ali and Olunga added two more goals for Al-Duhail.

Olunga, also the Harambee Stars captain said although they lost the match, he was happy to be on the score sheet. « We need to keep working hard because there are more matches to be played, » added Olunga.

Al-Nassr top Group E with maximum points after three matches, while Persepolis have six points. Olunga’s team is placed third with one point, while Istiklol who also have a point are bottom of the log.