Sunday, April 6th 2014 04:05 AM
At the Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Arabi put an end to Al Gharafa's recent winning streak as the Doha based club managed a late 2-1 victory courtesy of a 94th minute strike by former Algerian international Kareem Ziani.
Following a timid opening half hour, Argentinean Leasandro Lopez broke the deadlock and scored Al Gharafa's lone goal to send his team to the locker room with a one goal cushion.
snowed under by questionable tactical choices of coach Diego Agguire; Al Gharafa conceded two goals through Khokhi Bualam and Kareem Ziani on 62 and 94 minutes.
The result placed Al Arabi at fifth position with 36 points, while Al Gharafa's 32 points land them at seventh position.
In other matches, striker Jorge Sebastian netted on three occasions as Al Wakra defeated Al Ahli 4-1 to raise their QSL survival hopes, while Umm Salal beat Qatar SC 2-1.