Ivan Toney introduced up two private milestones as he impressed Al Ahli to victory in a five-goal thriller towards Al Hilal.
The previous Brentford striker scored a hat-trick as his facet gained 3-2 on the Kingdom Enviornment within the Saudi Professional League on Friday night time.
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It’s the first treble Toney has bagged since shifting to the Center East in the summertime.
The 28-year-old penned a four-year cope with Al Ahli after finishing a £40million transfer to the membership.
Toney is now on the most effective scoring run of his senior profession after his three strikes towards Al Hilal.
It means he has scored in every of his final seven league matches, essentially the most he has ever managed.
The run dates again to a brace in a 5-0 win over Al Riyadh in January, with Toney scoring 12 objectives throughout his seven-match streak.
Total, the England ahead has now tallied 19 objectives and 5 assists in 28 appearances throughout all competitions this season.
His hat-trick on Friday additionally secured a dramatic away win for Matthias Jaissle’s facet.
Toney scored twice in six minutes at the beginning of the second half to fireside the guests right into a two-goal lead.
Nonetheless, Al Ahli had been pegged again late on, with Marcos Leonardo equalising from the penalty spot within the 83rd minute.
His strike proved to be in useless, although, as Toney accomplished his hat-trick with the profitable aim simply 4 minutes later.
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The win sees Al Ahli transfer as much as fourth within the Saudi Professional League and degree on factors with third-placed Al Nassr after 23 matches.
They continue to be 9 factors adrift of Al Ittihad, although, with the league leaders additionally having a sport in hand.
Al Ahli are again in motion within the AFC Champions League on Tuesday night time with a visit to Al Rayyan of Qatar within the final 16.
In the meantime, their subsequent league match sees them host Al Khaleej on March 7.