Incredible footage of Riyad Mahrez’s unbelievable first touch and goal for Al-Ahli emerges sending fans into meltdown
SILKY Riyad Mahrez is still able to send social media into meltdown despite now playing in Saudi Arabia.
Mahrez, 33, showed he still oozes class as he scored a magnificent goal to put the cherry on top of a 5-0 win for Al-Ahli in the Saudi Pro League.
The former Leicester and Manchester City trickster starred as his team thrashed Al-Riyadh by scoring five goals from five shots on target.
Ex-Brentford ace Ivan Toney opened the scoring in the fourth minute assisted by Mahrez.
The lead would then not be added to until the 60th minute when Ziyad Aljohani netted.
Former Liverpool star Roberto Firmino then got himself in on the act in the 63rd minute before Toney scored his second from the penalty spot nine minutes later.
But Mahrez’s goal in the 88th minute was arguably the pick of the bunch.
After claiming a cross from a corner, ex-Chelsea star Edouard Mendy fired the ball up-field where he had spotted Mahrez making a run.
As the ball came down to land, Mahrez managed to capture its flight perfectly before producing a deft first touch which left a defender scrambling to recover.
In clinical fashion, Mahrez then whipped a shot into the top right corner of the goal.
Fans online were sent hysterical by the strike, with one fan saying: “Riyad Mahrez today…. wow.”
A second said: “Riyad Mahrez has the greatest first touch in the history of the game.”
A third added: “Pure filth.”
Another said: “That first touch is from another universe.”
Al-Ahli have struggled this season and find themselves down in fifth place, 11 points behind league leaders Ah-Hilal and Al-Ittihad.
Mahrez himself, who joined the club in July 2023 for £30.4m, has scored eight goals and assisted ten in all competitions this season.
He won the Premier League five times during his time in England, once with Leicester and four times with Man City.
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