Al Ahly showed their personality against Zamalek - Maaloul

Carteron and

suffered a bad day as they were defeated 5-3 at the hands of

on Friday night.

25 games after their 2-1 loss to Al Ahly in April, Zamalek endured their first domestic defeat and their third with

Patrice Carteron

since he started his reign in March.

The Reds had a 5-1 lead until the 80th minute when Ahmed Sayed Zizo found the back of the net for his side to lessen the gap, before Bencharki reduced it to 5-3 in the final minutes of the game.

Al Ahly were gifted two penalties in the clash and

Ali Maaloul

netted them and sealed his first brace in a Cairo Derby.

In a post-match interview, Maaloul insisted that his side imposed themselves on the opposition men and will keep doing so for the rest of the season.

“

We are determined to bring the league back to its normal place this season, we will now have a short rest after the match and then focus on the next matches,”

Maaloul told

Al Ahly TV

.

“We showed Al Ahly’s personality in the Zamalek match, we faced a big team in a major match such as the Cairo Derby, but we showed our character and the next period will be even better.

“My wife called me before the match and predicted that I would score against Zamalek, which actually happened, so I thank her,”

he concluded.

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