(MENAFN - Muscat Daily) Striker Hassan Zahr found a crucial second-half equaliser to help ten-man Salalah secure a 1-1 away draw against Oman Club in their fourth round match in the Omantel Elite League at the Seeb Sports Stadium on Saturday.After a sedate first half, hosts Oman Club opened the scoring in the 51st minute through a strike from Humaid al Haimly but Salalah responded well, drawing level in the 58th minute.The visitors were a man down in the 67th minute when defender Naif Naseeb was sent off for a dangerous tackle, but they held on to finish with a draw.Haimly scored after he capitalised on a smart pass from Phillipe Songa, Oman Club's forward from Ivory Coast.An opportunistic Zahr then equalised for Salalah from a rebound after Oman keeper Abdulaziz al Raqqadi warded off midfielder Mohammed Aqaq's shot from a corner.Salalah coach Ahmed al Said was happy with the draw. It is a good result for us. We were reduced to ten men for over 20 minutes, but the team defended well, he said. This is a young team and most of my players are still gaining experience in the top division.Oman Club's Serbian coach Markov Zeljko said, I am satisfied with my team's performance today. We dominated the match, but couldn't convert the chances that came our way. We lost two points from this home game, but it is a long season and we can make up by winning some of our away games.Earlier on Friday, hosts Saham thrashed nine-time champion Dhofar 3-0 to go on top of the table with ten points from four games. Yaqoub Abdulkarim opened the scoring for Saham in the eighth minute and Ali al Busaidy struck twice in the closing minutes for Saham.Defending champion Fanja and Shabab share the second position with nine points each after they won their respective games on the weekend.Friday's results: Fanja 2 Sur 1, Al Arouba 1 Al Nahda 0, Al Nasr 1 Al Suwaiq 1. Thursday: Al Taleea 1 Seeb 0, Al Shabab 1 Al Musannah 0.
