Walid Azarou scored as Tanta held Al Ahly to a 1-1 draw, in the 13th fixture of the egyptian premier league.
Al Ahly started the game fiercely, in order to break the dead-lock early in the game.
In the seventh minute, Walid Azarou went face to face with Tanta's goalkeeper but his shot was easily saved.
Four minutes later, Ahmed El Sheikh almost scored through a header after a great pass by Abdulla El-Said.
Just four minutes before half-time, Azarou opened the scoreline for the Reds as a he went past Tanta's defender and sent the ball into the back of the net.
Early in the second half, Tanta came close to scoring the equalizing goal after bassem ali failed to clear the ball, but Tanta's Striker shot went wide.
El Sheikh responded with a brilliant shot that went just wide off the target.
Eleven minutes after the restart, Fathi missed the target by inches after Tanta's keeper saved Ajayi's first shot.
In the 62nd minute, Tanta's Mostafa Mohamed scored the equalizing goal, making it 1-1.
Both teams failed to score further goals until the referee blew the full time whistle.
Following the draw, Al Ahly sits second with 26 points, and are set to face smouha on the 20th of December.
