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Abdulaziz Nassary cancelled out Shervoni Mabatshoev’s opener with Yousef Majed striking in the 70th minute to seal the three points for the Kuwait side, who moved up to four points.
Al Arabi looked more threatening in the opening exchanges with Zaid Qunbar seeing his glancing header sail just wide in the fifth minute, while Christopher John forced a sharp save from Regar-TadAZ keeper Manuel Panny after connecting well with Ali Porusaniei’s pass from inside the box.
Regar-TadAZ found their rhythm in the 33rd minute, Samandar Qodirov slipping a neat through pass for Shervoni Mabatshoev, who shifted the ball onto his left foot before firing into the bottom corner.
The Kuwaiti side almost leveled the tie six minutes later when Anayo Iwuala powered down the left channel and set up Yousef Majed, whose curling effort forced Panny to tip the ball over the bar.
Al Arabi’s persistence came to fruition in the 39th minute when Abdulaziz Nassary swept home from close range, turning in Qunbar’s assist to restore parity.
Both sides wasted late chances with Mabatshoev narrowly missing the target from the centre of the box, while David Atsam fired just wide in the closing stages of the half.
Al Arabi emerged with vigour after the restart with Iwuala, John and Qunbar all testing Panny in quick succession, while Regar-TadAZ’s Sherzod Makhamadiev saw his long-distance effort easily dealt with by keeper Sulaiman Abdulghafoor
The Kuwaiti side finally found their reward in the 70th minute when Iwuala teed-up Majed, who coolly struck into the bottom right corner from inside a packed box to seal the win.
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