The 2016 African champions gave it their best shot and dominated large portions of the game but struggled to break down the visitors' stubborn defence
A 1-1 draw at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Saturday afternoon meant it was Pitso Mosimane's Al Ahly side who marched on to the semi-finals of the Caf Champions League following a 3-1 aggregate score-line over the two legs.
The one thing Sundowns really needed to give themselves a chance of over-turning the 2-0 first-leg deficit from the match in Cairo last weekend was to keep a clean sheet.
But unfortunately for the hosts that went up in smoke after only 11 minutes when Yasser Ibrahim headed in at the far post, after Amr Al Sulaya had arrived at the near post to flick on Ayman Ashraf's corner kick.