"I congratulate the Tractor team, the technical staff, the players and the fans,” said Beiranvand. “If it weren't for their support and efforts today, we would have had a hard time.

“Before the game, Mr. Skocic spoke to us and emphasised that Al Shorta are of a high level and their current position in the table is not the team's true right. If they had been a little luckier, they could have had nine points. We knew we were facing a quality team.

"In these three clean sheets, all members of the team, from the striker to the goalkeeper, played a role. The result is the result of the effort of the entire team.

“Not conceding a goal gives the team character. I only think about Tractor's success and I believe that if we all set the team’s success as our goal and move forward step by step, good things will happen.”

Tractor’s win came courtesy of Mahdi Torabi’s 26th minute strike following a flowing move involving Tibor Halillovic and Tomislav Strkalj but head coach Dragan Skocic felt his side could have done more.

“When we cannot create many opportunities, we will not get a satisfactory win,” said Skocic. “The first half was like that, we did not have many opportunities.

“Sometimes you have to win with a lot of effort. We do not have (Mohammed) Naderi and Igor (Postonjski). The guys who came back from injuries and those who joined us are gradually getting used to it.

“Anyway, it was an important win. Congratulations to everyone who loves Tractor. I know it wasn't a pretty win, but sometimes you have to win tooth and nail.”