UAE will face defending champions Australia in the last eight at the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain on Friday. Host nation kept alive their AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 title ambitions on Monday, as an extra-time Ahmed Khalil penalty helped secure a hard-fought 3-2 win over Kyrgyzstan and a place in the quarter-finals.
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In pictures: UAE 1-1 draw with Bahrain in AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019
Ahmed Khalil smashed home a late penalty harshly awarded for a handball after Mohamed Alromaihi had given Bahrain a shock lead in Abu Dhabi. Khalil, appearing in his 100th international, displayed nerves of steel as he stepped up to rifle the spot kick into the top corner and send a raucous crowd of 33,000 wild.
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