{"id":285931,"date":"2023-08-29T21:22:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T21:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=285931"},"modified":"2023-08-29T21:22:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T21:22:58","slug":"al-ahli-2-0-al-taee-riyad-mahrez-on-target-for-the-hosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/al-ahli-2-0-al-taee-riyad-mahrez-on-target-for-the-hosts\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Ahli 2-0 Al-Ta&apos;ee: Riyad Mahrez on target for the hosts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Al-Ahli 2-0 Al-Ta&#8217;ee: Riyad Mahrez and Franck Kessie on target for the hosts as they continue their unbeaten start to the Saudi Pro League season<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Riyad Mahrez was on target for Al-Ahli as they defeated Al-Ta&#8217;ee in Jeddah<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Star-studded side have enjoyed a perfect start to the Saudi Pro League season<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>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<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Al-Ahli 2-0 Al-Ta&#8217;ee: Matthias Jaissle&#8217;s side continued their perfect start to the season with a comfortable win at the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors were faced with an uphill battle early on Tuesday when former Nottingham Forest loanee Alfa Semedo saw red, leaving Kresimir Rezic&#8217;s side reduced to ten men after 35 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The numerical advantage only added to the threat Allan Saint-Maximin&#8217;s dribbling posed throughout the first half, with the former Newcastle star consistently finding space on the left hand side.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a330m man then combined with fellow summer signing Riyad Mahrez, whipping a low cross into the box for the Algerian to net the opener in Jeddah.<\/p>\n<p>Mahrez has enjoyed a flying start to his career in the Saudi Pro League, having notched an assist on his debut against Al-Hazem before netting his first goal for his new club in their win over Khaleej earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/20\/74847669-0-image-a-14_1693339023679.jpg\" height=\"434\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Riyad Mahrez netted as Al-Ahli defeated Al-Ta&#8217;ee to continue their perfect start to the season<\/p>\n<p>Al-Ahli pressed on following the interval, with another new arrival adding his name to the scoresheet.<\/p>\n<p>Franck Kessie arrived in Saudi Arabia this summer after struggling to secure a consistent place in the starting XI at Barcelona as they triumphed in La Liga last season.<\/p>\n<p>But the 26-year-old has endured no such growing pains here, finding space with deft touch on the edge of the box before doubling the hosts&#8217; lead with an well-placed finish just before the hour mark.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is the second in two games for the former AC Milan star, after he netted the winner in Al-Ahli&#8217;s win over Al-Okhdood on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12458513\/Al-Ahli-2-0-Al-Taee-Riyad-Mahrez-Franck-Kessie-target-hosts-continue-unbeaten-start-Saudi-Pro-League-season-Alfa-Semedo-sees-red.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al-Ahli 2-0 Al-Ta&#8217;ee: Riyad Mahrez and Franck Kessie on target for the hosts as they continue their unbeaten start 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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