VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM AL HILAL V AL SADD IN THE AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ELITE MATCH (RESENDING WITH SHOTLIST) SHOWS: RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (OCTOBER 21, 2025) (AFC – See restrictions) AL-HILAL (BLUE JERSEYS) V AL-SADD AT KINGDOM ARENA 1. WIDE OF PLAYERS WALKING ON FIELD 2. PLAYERS GREETING EACH OTHER BEFORE START 3. AL-SADD'S ROBERTO FIRMINO 1ST HALF 4. AL-HILAL GOAL – FREE KICK DEFLECTS TO KALIDOU KOULIBALY WHO TAPS IT TO YUSUF AKCICEK WHO SCORES PAST AL-SADD GOALKEEPER MESHAAL BARSHAM IN 25TH MINUTE. HILAL 1-0 SADD 5. REPLAYS OF KOULIBALY TAPPING BALL TO AKCICEK WHO SCORES GOAL 6. AL-HILAL GOAL – RUBEN NEVES TAKES CORNER KICK AND KOULIBALY CHESTS IT INTO OPEN NET IN 40TH MINUTE. HILAL 2-0 SADD 7. REPLAYS OF NEVES CORNER KICK AND KOULIBALY CHESTING IT IN FOR GOAL 2ND HALF 8. AL-SADD GOAL – PEDRO MIGUEL WITH NICE CENTERING PASS TO ROBERTO FIRMINO WHO TAPS IT PAST HILAL GOALKEEPER YASSINE BOUNOU IN 63RD MINUTE. HILAL 2-1 SADD 9. REPLAYS OF MIGUEL CENTERING PASS TO FIRMINO FOR GOAL 10. AL-HILAL GOAL – SERGEJ MILINKOVIC-SAVIC SCORES ON FREE KICK PAST DIVING BARSHAM IN 81ST MINUTE. HILAL 3-1 SADD 11. REPLAY OF MALINKOVIC-SAVIC NICE FREE KICK GOAL 12. IN STOPPAGE TIME, AL-HILAL'S DARWIN NUNEZ IS BROUGHT DOWN IN PENALTY BOX BY SADD'S ABDULLA ALYAZIDI, HILAL AWARDED PENALTY KICK 13. REPLAY OF NUNEZ BEING BROUGHT DOWN BY ALYAZIDI IN PENALTY BOX 14. HILAL'S KAIO CESAR TAKES PK BUT SADD GOALKEEPER BARSHAM MAKES NICE SAVE TO KEEP SCORE 3-1 HILAL 15. REPLAY OF BARSHAM SAVE ON CESAR PK 16. HILAL CELEBRATING 3-1 WIN AFTER FINAL WHISTLE BLOWN 17. HILAL MANAGER SIMONE INZAGHI AFTER MATCH 18. HILAL'S NUNEZ AFTER MATCH STORY: Al-Hilal sealed a 3-1 win over Qatar's Al-Sadd in Riyadh on Tuesday (October 21) as the Saudi Pro League outfit side their perfect start to the western league phase of the Asian Champions League Elite. First-half goals from Yusuf Akcicek and Kalidou Koulibaly put Simone Inzaghi's side in control before Roberto Firmino pulled one back for the visitors, but Sergej Milinkovic-Savic's late free kick sealed the points for Al-Hilal. Akcicek put the four-times winners in front after 25 minutes when he struck from close range after Koulibaly touched the ball into his path following a Theo Hernandez free kick that the Al-Sadd defence struggled to clear. Fifteen minutes later Koulibaly put his own name on the scoresheet when he evaded the Al-Sadd defence to meet Ruben Neves' left-sided corner, the former Chelsea man chesting the ball over the line at the far post. Firmino gave Al-Sadd hope when he emerged unmarked to tap in Pedro Miguel's low cross from the right in the 63rd minute but Milinkovic-Savic curled a delightful free kick past Meshaal Barsham with nine minutes remaining to confirm the win. Al-Hilal lead the western league standings with a maximum nine points from three games, two points clear of defending champions Al-Ahli, also from Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates duo Shabab Al-Ahli and Al-Wahda. The top eight finishers in the 12-team standings advance to the knockout rounds, which will be in March with the centralised quarter-finals, semis and final in Saudi Arabia in April. (Production: David Grip)
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