Nasr shared two goals with visitor Al-Sadd of Qatar in a round-four Group B Asian Champions League (ACL) match in Riyadh Tuesday, while the other Saudi club in the event, Al-Shabab, lost 2-1 to Emirates Club of the UAE in a Group D away match. Midfielder Majed Siddiq put Al-Sadd in the lead in the 36th minute before skipper Hussein Abdul-Ghani leveled the score for Nasr in the 74th minute. Group B leader Al-Sadd stayed three points clear of the second-place Saudi club. Uzbekistan's Pakhtakor beat Esteghlal 2-1 to draw level with the Iranian team, four points behind Al-Sadd. Meanwhile, Algerian striker Bougeeche Hadj scored twice in the first half for Emirates before substitute Abdul Aziz Al-Sa'aran decreased the margin a minute before the break for Shabab. Group D leader Zobahan moved to the verge of advancing with a 1-0 victory over Al-Rayyan of Qatar, which is last with one point. The Iranian team is unbeaten and five points clear of third-place Al-Shabab. Earlier Japanese champion Nagoya Grampus beat FC Seoul 2-0 to replace the South Korean side atop Group F and bolster its chances of advancing. Sydney FC revived its campaign with a hard-fought 3-2 win over Shanghai Shenhua in Group H. Helped by a 1-1 draw by group leader Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Kashima Antlers, Sydney was just a point behind them. In Seoul, Mu Kanazaki pounced on a rebound off a shot by Yoshizumi Ogawa and opened the scoring for Nagoya in the 26th minute. From there, the Korean champ intensified the pressure. Seven minutes before the break, a corner from Mauricio Molina bounced into the area and Oh Kyoung-jun had a close-range shot blocked by Takahiro Masukawa. Nagoya secured the win with eight minutes remaining thanks to a defensive blunder. Kim Tae-hwan's backpass toward the goalkeeper was stolen by Kensuke Nagai, who slid the ball into the net. Also in Group F, UAE's Al-Ain upset Hangzhou Greentown of China 1-0, leaving both teams three points behind Nagoya and FC Seoul. “We won but it was a tough game,” said Nagoya coach Dragan Stojkovic. “To stop an attacking team like Seoul and then win is a very satisfactory result. Our players gave their all and both teams played at the same pace for all of the 90 minutes.” In Shanghai, Sydney twice came from a goal down and sealed its first win of the tournament courtesy of a last-gasp winner from Mark Bridge. Shanghai's Jiang Jiajun put the host ahead after eight minutes before Bruno Cazarine canceled out the strike during first-half stoppage time. An own goal by Scott Jamieson restored Shanghai's lead seven minutes into the second half but Cazarine struck again to tie the match. With the prospect of a tie looming, Bridge struck a dramatic winner, volleying Dimitri Petratos' header into the bottom corner to give Sydney three much-needed points. Pakhtakor also saved the heroics until near the end, with Egor Krimets heading in the winner with two minutes remaining. Stanislav Andreev opened the scoring for Pakhtakor in the 28th minute on the edge of the box from a cross. His first volley hit Pejman Montazeri, but the striker hooked the rebound over his shoulder and into the net. Esteghlal leveled in first-half stoppage time when Hawar Mohammed's flick released Javad Shirzadeh down the left side and his cross toward the near post was guided past goalkeepr Nikita Ribkin from close range by Arash Borhani. Both sides had several chances in the second half. But after Esteghlal's Hanif Omranzadeh was sent off in the 86th minute after picking up a second yellow, Pakhtakor took advantage of the weakened defense to score the winner.
