DOHA - Reigning Qatar champions Al Sadd extended went 14 points clear at the top of the 2006/07 Q-League as a hat-trick from top-scorer Emerson saw them to a round 14 victory over Al Wakra.

The former Urawa Reds striker opened the scoring in the 16th minute before doubling Al Sadd's advantage with a penalty two minutes before the interval.

Emerson completed his hat-trick, and Al Sadd's 12th win in 14 games, in second half stoppage time with his league-leading 13th of the season.

Meanwhile, former Al Sadd player Boushaib Lembarki opened the scoring for Al Rayyan, Qatar's other representatives in the 2007 AFC Champions League, 13 minutes into the Emir's Cup winners' clash with Al Shamal.

However, the Moroccan striker's goal was cancelled out seven minutes into the second half Ismail Al Ajmi to earn the perennial strugglers a point.

AFC Champions League 2006 qualifiers Al Gharafa moved up to second place as they continued their revival under former Bahrain coach Wolfgang Sidka, with three goals from Ala'a Hubail, joint top scorer a Bahrain reached the semi-finals of the 2004 Asian Cup, helping them edge Al Arabi 3-2.

In the remaining round 14 matches, early-season pacesetters Umm Salal went down to their fifth defeat of the campaign with a 2-1 loss to Qatar Sports Club while Al Khor defeated basement-dwellers Al Ahli.