"We thank God for the three points that we desperately needed, the players' focus was good, and they made a great effort,” said Jabar.

"We made a good defensive effort in this match but it is over now, and we must start working for the next match. We could have added a second goal, but we missed many easy chances, the Palestinian team was not bad, but the circumstances did not serve them in these qualifiers.

"One of the gains of today's match is that we returned to the atmosphere of competition in the group, our ambition is great, and we will seek to build on this result to achieve another positive result in the next match.”

The victory maintained Oman’s fourth position in Group B but enabled them to move two points closer to Iraq and Jordan with a meeting against Iraq to come on Tuesday.

Defeat for Palestine saw them stay bottom of the table with two points and qualification to the FIFA World Cup 2026 looking increasingly slim.

However, head coach Makram Daboub refused to throw in the towel.

"I congratulate the Omani team on the win, this result is harsh because we did not deserve to lose,” said Daboub. "We missed many opportunities, and we were forced to make some substitutions, as we were unlucky during the match, but we will focus on the upcoming matches.

"We started the match well, but we retreated, and the Omani team took advantage of the opportunity that was given to them.

"Our focus now is on the match against Korea Republic (on Tuesday), and we must forget this match, and I hope to achieve a positive result against the Korean team.”