The quality of play displayed by the two teams did look different. Al-Hilal still looks like a solid team and it is normal for Al-Ettifaq to suffer defeat in this match. And this also extends Al-hilal's unbeaten record. Meanwhile, for Al-Ettifaq, the result of this match also extends their decline in performance or means they are still on a bad trend. Gerrard must be disappointed with this result because the squad he trains has not been able to make progress recently. Meanwhile, Al-Hilal is definitely proud of every result they get.
Keep in the unbeaten record for Al Hilal until playing 21 matches in domestic league, Al Ettifaq not enough quit well for defeating Al Hilal and lead standings position with comfort zone behind 7 points left. Steven Gerrard get difficult for his teams to win against Al Hilal and had bad statistic with ball possession 39% and only had 3 shots on target difference with Al Hilal had 5 shots on target and success scoring two goals. Seems get chance for upcoming match has any teams will stop the winning trend from Al Hilal when facing Al Ittihad, wish Karim Benzema can perform well and scoring goals to give first losses for Al Hilal to make more interested for Saudi Pro League tittle race.
The rival team Al Nassr will face bottom standings team Al Hazm, seems Cristiano Ronaldo will easily secure three points and hope Al Ittihad can stop the winning trend performance from Al Hilal and make close different points on current standings awhile.
Well, someone has to be able to stop Al-Hilal this season. Al-Nassr has failed, Al-ahli has also failed and Al-ettifaq has also experienced defeat and is unable to make Al-hilal difficult. And now we might just have to see whether Benzema and his friends will be able to beat Al-Hilal or not. And if it turns out that Al-Hilal is still undefeated then we don't know which other team will be able to stop them if the big teams have also failed. Maybe Al-hilal will make history with an unbeaten record in one season. And if that happens then the name of this club will go down in unforgettable history in the SPL.