MNA - Ali Karimi’s hat trick
could not prevent Persepolis’ loss against plucky Abumoslem in the 10th week
of the Iran’s Professional League (IPL) in Mashhad on Wednesday.
Meisam Bao put the host ahead in the 13th minute. His shot past Mehdi
Vaezi’s at his near post. He doubled the score in the 27th minute, scoring
from the edge of six yards zone.
Persepolis recovered from two goals down to a draw in the 40th and 49th
minutes. Ali Karimi’s headers past Shahab Gordan, Abumoslem’s keeper into
the goal.
Davoud Daneshdust gave Abumoslem the lead again in the 71st minute with a
superb shot from Persepolis’s box. Hossein Khani scored Abumoslem’s fourth
goal 11 minutes before the time ran out.
Persepolis put its host under pressure and eventually Ali Karimi kept the
Tehran based team’s hopes alive in the 87th minute but his header could not
thwart Persepolis’ heavy defeat in Mashhad.
