RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — New signings Darwin Nunez and Theo Hernandez scored in Al-Hilal’s 2-1 victory over Al-Duhail of Qatar in the opening round of the Asian Champions League on Tuesday.
Nunez and Hernandez, signed by the Saudi club in the summer from Liverpool and AC Milan respectively, scored in the second half after Algerian forward Adil Boulbina had given Al-Duhail the lead after 37 minutes.
Al-Hilal hung on to give Simone Inzaghi his first Asian win as head coach since the Italian joined from Inter Milan in June.
Fellow Saudi Arabian team and defending champion Al-Ahli came from two goals to beat Nasaf Qarshi of Uzbekistan 4-2 on Monday. French midfielder Enzo Millot scored twice in the second half to level the scoreline in Jeddah and then Riyad Mahrez put Ahli ahead in inj