Al Khaleej 1-5 Al Hilal Player Ratings: A Five-Star Performance From Inzaghi's Men Moves Them Into Second Place As Al Khaleej Suffer Defensive Lapses

Simone Inzaghi's Al Hilal took on 14th-placed Al Khaleej in their third match of the Saudi Pro League season. This was also their second away game of the season, so the players knew they had to push harder to squeeze out a win in this fixture.

Their job was made easy in the 15th minute, when Sergej Milinkovic-Savic dinked a ball into the box for Mohamed Meïté to head in, giving Al Hilal the much-needed early lead. Milinkovic-Savic then doubled the lead in the 29th minute, finishing a neat move off new signing Crysencio Summerville's pass.

Al Khaleej fought back in no time, as Miguel Crespo looked to finish off a brilliant one-touch move, but his effort was saved by an onrushing Yassine Bounou. However, the ball fell dangerously for Saleh Al-Amri, who headed it in an empty net.

Al-Za'eem were not done yet, and they scored two quick goals through Theo Hernández and Crysencio Summerville before Sultan Mandash scored the fifth to finish off a classic counterattack. Both goals were a result of a lapse in concentration, which hurt the home team massively.

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Key Takeaways

• Crysencio Summerville won the most duels (7) and also had the most key passes in this match (4).
• Mohammed Mahzari had the most defensive contributions in this game (7).
• Sergej Milinkovic-Savic lost possession the most times in this fixture (11).

Al Khaleej Player Ratings vs Al Hilal

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Man of the Match

Crysencio Summerville was the best player in this SPL game.

Worst Performer

Ahmed Asiri was the worst performer from Al Khaleej vs Al Hilal.