Al Ain dropped their first points of the season as they shared a 1-1 draw with Al Dhafra in round six.

Al Dhafra opened the scoring after 28 minutes when Ali Sultan was fouled inside the area and Nigerian striker Abas Mowiwa Lawal made no mistake from the spot. Al Ain levelled three minutes after the hour mark with a penalty of their own.

Brazilian striker Marcio Emerson was brought down in the area to give Argentinian striker Jose Sand the chance to score his tenth goal of the season, which he duly took.

Al Ain remained in second place with 14 points, two behind leaders Al Jazira, while Al Dhafra climbed to sixth place on the back of their seventh point this season.

Three more spot-kicks
Elsewhere, Brazilian striker Marcelio Oliveira scored a hat-trick to steer Al Sharjah to a 4-1 win against Ajman in a game which featured a further three penalties.

Oliveira put Al Sharjah ahead with a penalty after only two minutes before Ajman levelled through their Ivory Coast striker Boris Kabi after 56 minutes.

Al Sharjah regained the lead with another spot-kick after 64 minutes from Iraq striker Mustapha Kareem before Oliveira made it 3-1 six minutes later with a third penalty. He then completed his hat-trick in the last minute.

On Sunday, Al Wahda play Al Wasl while Al Shabab host Emirates.