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AFC Champions League: Lokomotiv Tashkent 2-0 Al Ahli: Dubai outfit concede after 18 seconds is disappointing defeat

United Arab Emirates side Al Ahli suffered a 2-0 defeat away to Lokomotiv Tashkent in a Group A AFC Champions League tie on Monday.

Lokomotiv midfielder Salamat Kutibaev scored the second fastest goal in the tournament's history as the Uzbek side picked up their first points of the 2017 campaign at the Lokomotiv Stadium.

Following the 1-0 defeat to Saudi Arabia’s Al Taawoun in the opening round of fixtures, the 2016 quarter-finalists put that behind them early on as Kutibaev headed home Marat Bikmaev’s left-wing cross in under 18 seconds. Only Sebastian Soria’s nine-second opener for Lekhwiya, also in Tashkent, against Pakhtakor at the 2013 edition betters the effort.