Kuala Lumpur: Al Hilal will go into the second leg of the 2017 AFC Champions League final against Urawa Red Diamonds with their title hopes still alive, after Omar Khrbin's equaliser in the first leg cancelled out Rafael Silva's strike for the Japanese side.
Khrbin's tenth goal of the tournament also made him the tenth player to score for Al Hilal in the final of a continental tournament.
In the run-up to Saturday's decisive clash in Saitama, we look at the nine other players who have netted for the Saudi giants when the stakes were at their highest.
1991 Asian Club Championship
Al Hilal's shining record of success in Asia began with their first triumph in the 1991 Asian Club Championship.
After two disappointing runners-up finishes in 1986 and 1987, the Riyadh-based side finally got their hands on the title courtesy of a penalty shootout win over the Islamic Republic of Iran's Esteghlal in the final after a 1-1 draw in regulation time.
The lone goalscorer for Al Hilal on this occasion was defender Hussain Al Habashi, who rescued them after Esteghlal had taken the lead through Amir Hashemi. The full-back entered the history books with his strike and remains a legendary name among the fans of Al Hilal.
1996 Asian Cup Winners’ Cup
Also appearing in that game was Yousuf Al Thunayyan, who had experienced the heartbreak of the two defeats in 1986 and 1987, but would go on to score in the 3-1 win over Nagoya Grampus in the final of the 1996 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
Twenty-one years after that match, Al Thunayyan returned to the King Fahd International Stadium last Saturday, when he was given the honour of bringing the AFC Champions League trophy onto the pitch. It was a fitting honour for one of the club's earliest Asian heroes.
The Asian Cup Winners' Cup final against Nagoya was Al Hilal's first continental decider at home and they made it memorable in front of a roaring crowd, with Sami Al Jaber in particularly brilliant form.
By that stage of his career, Al Jaber had already achieved what most players in Asia dream of, but he took his status a notch higher with his performance in the final.
The Saudi international was the first to get on the scoresheet when he netted in the 16th minute, before going on to set up Al Thunayyan for the second goal late in the second half.
Sami Al Jaber (second from left, standing) and Salaheddine Bassir (second from left, front row) got a goal and an assist apiece in the 1996 Asian Cup Winners’ Cup.
Up next was Moroccan star Salaheddine Bassir, who put the cherry on the cake with the last goal of the game to confirm the title for Al Hilal.
In what was his second and final season for the Riyadh club, Bassir cunningly crept up from behind the goalkeeper to steal the ball and slot into an unguarded goal.
Although they formed a magical partnership, Al Jaber and Bassir, who had assisted him for the opening goal, never played together again after the latter left for Deportivo La Coruna at the end of the season.
However, both players went on to play and score for their nations at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
1997 Asian Super Cup
In the summer of 1997, Al Hilal went on to win the Asian Super Cup with a 2-1 win over Pohang Steelers and Al Jaber was once again the go-to man, scoring both goals for the burgeoning giants of Asian football.
2000 Asian Club Championship
Sergio Ricardo (first from right, front row) scored a memorable hat-trick in the 2000 Asian Club Championship final.
The next Asian triumph came three years later, when Al Hilal returned to the podium once again to be crowned as the first Asian champions of the new millennium following a 3-2 win over Jubilo Iwata in the 2000 final.
This match still has Sergio Ricardo’s name written all over it; the Brazilian striker scored a stellar hat-trick that included a last-gasp goal in regulation time and a golden goal to settle the game.
More than a decade after his departure from the club, Sergio’s dramatic intervention for Al Hilal remains a legendary moment in their history.
2000 Asian Super Cup
In the subsequent Asian Super Cup, the Saudi side came out on top with a 3-2 aggregate win over Japan's Shimizu S-Pulse.
Making the difference this time was Ricardo Perez Tamayo, who netted twice in the first leg for the Saudi side.
Perez had played for a number of clubs in Asia but it was his time at Al Hilal that would prove to be the most successful.
In addition to winning the Saudi league, the Colombian forward went on to score in another Asian final for Al Hilal, netting against Suwon Samsung Bluewings in the ultimately unsuccessful effort in the 2002 Asian Super Cup.
The other goal in the 2000 Asian Super Cup came from the boot of Omar Al Ghamdi, a young midfielder who had come through Al Hilal’s youth system.
Al Ghamdi went on to become a vital component of the Al Hilal squad before leaving the club with a glittering record of silverware in 2010.
2002 Asian Cup Winners’ Cup
Al Hilal’s last Asian triumph to date was in the 2002 Asian Cup Winners’ Cup, when they overcame Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the final in Doha.
Edmilson, who would sign for Jeonbuk a few months later, gave Al Hilal the lead with a close-range strike early in the second half.
But, having only just missed a penalty, Hussein Al Ali (pictured above) would prove the hero as the Saudi striker made amends by heading in the golden goal from an acute angle.
Photos: Lagardère Sports
Source: the-afc.com