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Al-Nassr have defeated Al-Ittihad 5-2 away from home in a thrilling derby in the Saudi Pro League’s 18th round. The Riyadh giants picked up a 3-1 victory over Steven Gerrard’s Al-Ettifaq last week to extend their winning run to three games. Luis Castro’s side entered the game with some momentum on their side unlike Al-Ittihad, who recently crashed out of the Club World Cup in the quarter-finals despite playing on home soil. Despite Al-Nassr’s red-hot form, it was the hosts who took a surprising breakthrough from Abderrazak Hamdallah’s sublime solo effort against the run of play. The lead did n…

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