Match Recap
Kuwait looked to have this one under control after Yousef Nasser's brace put them level, but Iraq refused to settle for a share of the points in this Gulf Cup of Nations thriller. Zaid Iqbal opened the scoring for the visitors in the 52nd minute before Nasser struck twice, in the 75th and 90th, to drag Kuwait level. Then came the twist: Saad Rasheed restored Iraq's lead in the 83rd, and with the match deep into stoppage time, Karrar Nabeel popped up in the 90+9th minute to snatch a 3-2 win. Four of the five goalscorers on the night, Nasser, Rasheed, Iqbal and Nabeel, sit inside the league's current top ten scorers, with Nasser's double moving him to within one of the golden boot pace set by N. Gimenez. Five goals, three lead changes and a winner scored deeper into injury time than most matches even last, this Kuwait-Iraq clash had no business staying quiet for long. Watch how Nabeel's 90+9th-minute strike unfolded, and why Kuwait never saw it coming.
