{"id":285815,"date":"2023-08-28T21:34:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T21:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=285815"},"modified":"2023-08-28T21:34:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T21:34:26","slug":"steven-gerrards-al-ettifaq-lose-2-0-against-al-hilal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/steven-gerrards-al-ettifaq-lose-2-0-against-al-hilal\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Gerrard&apos;s Al-Ettifaq lose 2-0 against Al-Hilal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Steven Gerrard suffers his first Saudi Pro League defeat as Al-Ettifaq lose 2-0 against Al-Hilal with Jordan Henderson failing to inspire visitors to comeback win against strong home side<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Al-Hilal secured a dominant victory over Steven Gerrard&#8217;s Al-Ettifaq on Monday<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Gerrard&#8217;s side are now winless in their last two games after losing 2-0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Would Mohamed Salah &#8216;do the dirty&#8217; on Liverpool by leaving? And what about Man United &#8216;diving&#8217;?: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off , Mail Sport&#8217;s new podcast<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Steven Gerrard lost his first match in charge of Al-Ettifaq after being beaten 2-0 by a strong Al-Hilal side in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors, captained by Jordan Henderson, were unable to fight their way back into proceedings after first-half goals from Malcom and Salem Aldawsari.<\/p>\n<p>Victory moves Al-Hilal to within two points of Saudi Pro League leaders Al-Ittihad, while Al-Ettifaq remain fifth with just seven points from four matches.<\/p>\n<p>Gerrard is now winless in his last two matches in charge of one of Saudi Arabia&#8217;s biggest clubs amidst a difficult start to managerial life in the Middle East.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The hosts handed a first home start to former Fulham striker Aleksandr Mitrovic after he scored on his debut with a trademark following his \u00a350m move, however are still waiting to give Neymar his first outing while the Brazilian recovers from injury.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/20\/74806769-12454251-image-a-35_1693252255840.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brazilian forward Malcom opened the scoring for Al-Hilal with an impressive first-half strike<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/20\/74806767-12454251-image-a-36_1693252273858.jpg\" height=\"442\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Steven Gerrard is now winless in his last two matches as Al-Ettifaq manager after suffering his first defeat on Monday<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic was suspended after being sent off in their 4-0 away win over Al-Raed, but were further strengthened by ex-Chelsea defender Kalidou Koulibaly and former Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson led out Al-Ettifaq in his first away clash after recovering from a short-term illness but struggled early on as Al-Hilal struck twice in the first-half.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian striker Malcom fired the hosts ahead in the 24th minute after being played through by Mitrovic following some neat build-up play.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/20\/74806771-12454251-image-a-37_1693252277120.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A strong Al-Hilal side boasting former Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves (left) dominated proceedings<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old latched onto a throughball and finished with a powerful strike across the face of goal into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n<p>Matters were made worse for Gerrard&#8217;s team when Aldawsari doubled the hosts&#8217; lead just four minutes before half-time with a brilliant strike.<\/p>\n<p>A bouncing ball ricocheted around the penalty box before falling to the 32-year-old who rifled a scissor-kick finish past goalkeeper\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The visitors attempted to respond with late substitutions but lacked potency in the final third as goalkeeper Paulo Victor was left scrambling.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12454251\/Steven-Gerrards-Al-Ettifaq-lose-2-0-against-Al-Hilal-Jordan-Henderson-fails-inspire-visitors-comeback-win-against-strong-home-side.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Gerrard suffers his first Saudi Pro League defeat as Al-Ettifaq lose 2-0 against Al-Hilal with Jordan Henderson failing to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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