CAIRO: African champions Al-Ahly stretched their lead in the Egyptian Premiership to three points Saturday despite being held 2-2 by relegation-threatened Al-Gaish.
The Cairo ‘Red Devils,’ winners of the African Champions League a record sixth time last November, finished the first half of the season three points ahead of Petrojet.
Ahly won their previous four league matches as they played catch-up after a number of fixtures were postponed due to Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup commitments.
Mohamed Barakat gave Ahly an early lead, but goals from Ghanaian Ernest Arko and Togolese Mikael Dogbe edged police club Gaish ahead before Angolan Flavio Amado rescued the defending champions with a 58th-minute equalizer. -AFP
