In a highly entertaining 3-3 draw at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Salamo gave the visitors 1-0 lead in the 20th minute but Simoes squared things up in the 29th minute for ACL 2013 Group C contenders Al Ahli.

Salamo scored his brace to put current league leaders 2-1 ahead in the 56th minute but again Brazilian Simoes rescued Al Ahli by scoring his second of the night in the 74th minute.

The home fans were in ruptures when Mohsen Al Eisa scored within two minutes after replacing Sultan Al Sawadi with 10 minutes remaining in the clock but Al Fateh proved why they are current leaders by rescuing a point after Elton Jose Xavier notched the 3-3 equalizer in the 84th minute.

Al Fateh are four points clear at the top of the table with 43 points. Al Ahli missed out a chance to leapfrog Al Nassr at the fourth position as they remained fifth with 29 points from 17 matches.

Al Ahli open their continental journey with a tough home tie with fellow big spending Al Gharafa of Qatar. They also have Iranian champions Sepahan and the winner of the playoff match between Al Nasr of UAE and Lokomotiv of Uzbekistan in Group C.