Bahrain 2-2 Australia: World Cup 2026 qualifying – as it happened

The Socceroos needed a 96th-minute equaliser from Kusini Yengi to salvage a point after a wild end to the match in Riffa

2 min My word, what a start. The defending was terrible from Bahrain. In fact, Baqer’s errant backpass may have been their first touch of the entire match.

It was a shambles of a goal, not that Australia will care. The right wing-back Sayid Mahdi Baqer played a dreadful backpass, badly underhit, and Yengi was in. He walked round the keeper Lutfallah and reversed a shot that the diving Lutfallah could only push into his own net.

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