Morena brace as Downs cruise to CAF Champions League win despite early red card

Ten-man Mamelodi Sundowns cruised to a 4-2 victory against Sudan's Al-Hilal in Group A of the CAF Champions League at the refurbished Al-Hilal Stadium on Saturday.

The goals were scored for Sundowns by Peter Shalulile, Teboho Mokoena, and Thapelo Morena's brace.

The result means that after five games, unbeaten Sundowns sit in an unassailable position of 13 points in Group A, while Al Ahly sits in second place on seven points after five games.

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The visiting Sundowns took the lead in the second minute when a ball from Themba Zwane found Peter Shalulile, who scored with a low shot that beat goalkeeper Mohamed Saeed to make it 1-0.

Minutes later, Al-Hilal's Faris Abdallah passed to Ibrahim Mustapha who hammered a shot towards the top corner but it was excellently saved by Downs keeper Reyaad Pieterse.

In the 11th minute, Sundowns were reduced to 10-men when Brian Onyango was sent off immediately for a dangerous tackle.

Minutes later, Shalulile received the ball from Lesedi Kapinga following a fast break, but his shot went wide past the right post.

Ibrahim Mustapha, Mohamed Ouattara and Hassan Mutwakil all tried their luck a little later, but their efforts went wide, while keeper Pieterse saved the header by Ouattara.

In the 29th minute, Hilal made a change by replacing Safour with striker Mohamed Yasir.

Then a minute later, Sundowns scored via a Teboho Mokoena free-kick from nearly 30-yards out, which flew over the ball to beat the keeper and into the top right corner to make it 2-0.

The teams went in at the half-time break with 10-man Sundowns leading 2-0 courtesy of goals from Shalulile and Mokoena, despite Hilal having more shots