{"id":287637,"date":"2023-09-15T02:36:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T02:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=287637"},"modified":"2023-09-15T02:36:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T02:36:14","slug":"benzema-scores-bizarre-goal-with-knee-to-help-al-ittihad-go-top-of-spl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/benzema-scores-bizarre-goal-with-knee-to-help-al-ittihad-go-top-of-spl\/","title":{"rendered":"Benzema scores bizarre goal with knee to help Al-Ittihad go top of SPL"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Karim Benzema scores a bizarre goal with his knee to help Al-Ittihad return to the top of the Saudi Pro League with victory over Al-Akhdoud&#8230; before he takes a hilarious tumble when through for a possible second<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Al-Ittihad defeated Al-Akhdoud 1-0 to return to the top of the Saudi Pro League\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Karim Benzema scored the winner late on after a smart finish with his knee<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Karim Benzema scored an unusual goal with his knee to help Al-Ittihad return to winning ways and go top of the Saudi Pro League.<\/p>\n<p>Benzema netted his third league strike in his sixth game with Nuno Espirito Santo&#8217;s side since moving to the Middle East from Real Madrid on a deal worth \u00a386m-per-year.<\/p>\n<p>Having lost 4-3 to title rivals Al-Hilal in their last match before the international break, Al-Ittihad looked as if they were going to be frustrated by Al-Akhdoud, who had picked up just four points from their first five games of the season.<\/p>\n<p>However, on 72 minutes a nice team move saw Haroune Camara play a dangerous ball across the box.<\/p>\n<p>Benzema was there but Al-Akhdoud defender Saeed Al-Rubaie got a touch on the ball, which then bounced up in the air, before the French striker&#8217;s quick-thinking saw him cleverly nudge it past\u00a0Paulo Vitor with his knee.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/00\/75454171-12520787-image-a-51_1694735846528.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Karim Benzema scored a bizarre goal with his knee to help Al-Ittihad beat Al-Akhdoud 1-0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/00\/75453947-12520787-image-a-48_1694735288929.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It was Benzema&#8217;s third goal in his sixth Saudi Pro League match for Nuno Espirito&#8217;s Santo&#8217;s side<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>It could have been even better for Benzema &#8211; who lined up ahead of a midfield pairing of fellow summer signings Fabinho and N&#8217;Golo Kante &#8211; but the 35-year-old missed a golden chance to double his side&#8217;s lead.<\/p>\n<p>After some more neat play from Al-Ittihad, Fabinho played a delicious ball in behind the defence which Benzema ran onto.<\/p>\n<p>However, just as he was preparing to round Vitor, who had come out of his goal, the Real Madrid legend took a tumble and fell to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>This allowed Vitor to scramble the ball away to safety and keep the score at just 1-0. Nevertheless, Benzema wasn&#8217;t made to rue his error as Al-Ittihad picked up all three points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The result takes them two points clear of Al-Hilal with 15 points from six games, but their rivals &#8211; who have the likes of Kalidou Koulibaly, Neymar, Ruben Neves and Aleksandar Mitrovic in their ranks &#8211; have a game in hand which sees them\u00a0take on Al-Riyadh on Friday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/00\/75453935-12520787-image-a-49_1694735291223.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Benzema did suffer the embarrassment of taking a tumble later when he was through on goal<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/00\/75453949-12520787-image-a-50_1694735294328.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The striker (right) lined up with fellow summer signings N&#8217;Golo Kante (centre) and Fabinho<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12520787\/Karim-Benzema-Al-Ittihad-Saudi-Pro-League-Al-Akhdoud.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karim Benzema scores a bizarre goal with his knee to help Al-Ittihad return to the top of the Saudi Pro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287636,"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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