It was Al Ansar who made a positive start with El Hadji Malick Tall having an early sight of goal, forward seeing his header shovelled clear by goalkeeper Orest Kostyk while at the other end Yaskovich shot wide of the Lebanese side’s goal.

Erbol Atabaev took aim in the 10th minute from distance only to fire over the bar and two minutes later Al Ansar’s Rafik Mednini almost steered the ball past Nazih Assaad, putting the ball out for a corner while running towards his own goal.

Azizbek Koshibhonov’s attempt was blocked seven minutes before the interval as Muras United threatened on the counterattack and, in the 41st minute, the opener arrived.

Atabaev cut into the right side of the penalty before finding the unmarked Yaskovich on the edge of the penalty area and he clinically stroked his left-foot shot into the bottom corner beyond Assaad’s desperate dive.

Tall glanced his header wide as Al Ansar pushed for an immediate response but it was Muras United who scored again in the 45th minute, Shukurov sliding in to net from seven yards out as he latched onto Koshibkhonov’s skidding cross from the right.

Substitute Mohammad Abu Saleh tested Kostyk just before the hour mark as Al Ansar sought a way back into the contest, the winger moving in from the right to hit a left-footed shot from 20 yards out that the goalkeeper gathered.

But in the 74th minute Batsula put the result beyond doubt, latching onto Atabaev’s through ball before evading the advancing Assaad to slide his finish home from an angle at 20 yards out.