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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Ten-man Mamelodi Sundowns cruised to a 4-2 victory against<\/p>\n

Sudan’s Al-Hilal in Group A of the CAF Champions League at the refurbished<\/p>\n

Al-Hilal Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The goals were scored for Sundowns by Peter Shalulile,<\/p>\n

Teboho Mokoena, and Thapelo Morena’s brace.<\/p>\n

The result means that after five games, unbeaten Sundowns<\/p>\n

sit in an unassailable position of 13 points in Group A, while Al Ahly sits in<\/p>\n

second place on seven points after five games.<\/p>\n

AS IT HAPPENED |<\/b><\/p>\n

Mokoena scores absolute screamer as 10-man Sundowns secure CAF Champions League top spot<\/p>\n

The visiting Sundowns took the lead in the second minute<\/p>\n

when a ball from Themba Zwane found Peter Shalulile, who scored with a low shot<\/p>\n

that beat goalkeeper Mohamed Saeed to make it 1-0.<\/p>\n

Minutes later, Al-Hilal’s Faris Abdallah passed to Ibrahim<\/p>\n

Mustapha who hammered a shot towards the top corner but it was excellently<\/p>\n

saved by Downs keeper Reyaad Pieterse.<\/p>\n

In the 11th minute, Sundowns were reduced to 10-men when<\/p>\n

Brian Onyango was sent off immediately for a dangerous tackle.<\/p>\n

Minutes later, Shalulile received the ball from Lesedi<\/p>\n

Kapinga following a fast break, but his shot went wide past the right post.<\/p>\n

Ibrahim Mustapha, Mohamed Ouattara and Hassan Mutwakil all<\/p>\n

tried their luck a little later, but their efforts went wide, while keeper<\/p>\n

Pieterse saved the header by Ouattara.<\/p>\n

In the 29th minute, Hilal made a change by replacing Safour<\/p>\n

with striker Mohamed Yasir.<\/p>\n

Then a minute later, Sundowns scored via a Teboho Mokoena<\/p>\n

free-kick from nearly 30-yards out, which flew over the ball to beat the keeper<\/p>\n

and into the top right corner to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n

The teams went in at the half-time break with 10-man<\/p>\n

Sundowns leading 2-0 courtesy of goals from Shalulile and Mokoena, despite<\/p>\n

Hilal having more shots towards goal.<\/p>\n

In the 56th minute, Hilal pulled a goal back when Mohamed<\/p>\n

Abdelrahman crossed the ball to Yasir, who scored with a shot in the left<\/p>\n

corner to make it 1-2 Sundowns’ favour.<\/p>\n

But on 60 minutes, Downs scored their third goal when a<\/p>\n

Kapinga pass found Thapelo Morena just outside the box, and he tried a shot,<\/p>\n

which beat the keeper to find the back of the net to make it 3-1.<\/p>\n

On 72 minutes, Downs brought on Amethyst Ralani and Sibusiso<\/p>\n

Vilakazi, who replaced Jali and Shalulile, respectively.<\/p>\n

In the 89th minute, Morena scored his second goal of the<\/p>\n

game with a shot after receiving a pass from Neo Maema to make it 4-1.<\/p>\n

On 90 minutes, Hilal was awarded a penalty for a Pieterse<\/p>\n

foul.<\/p>\n

Mohamed Abdelrahman took the penalty kick, but Pieterse<\/p>\n

saved his effort. However, Osman Mokhtar scored from the rebound to make it 4-2<\/p>\n

in the end.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. Ten-man Mamelodi Sundowns cruised to a 4-2 victory against Sudan’s Al-Hilal in Group A of the CAF Champions League at the refurbished Al-Hilal Stadium on Saturday. The goals were scored for Sundowns by Peter Shalulile, Teboho Mokoena, and Thapelo Morena’s brace. 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