Laba Kodjo netted a hat-trick to fire Al Ain to a 5-1 victory over Khorfakkan on Saturday and lifted Al Ain to the top of the ADNOC Pro League table.
Having scored for the second time in a row in the opening matchweek, Kaku fired Al Ain into a deserved lead when he received a pinpoint pass from Matias Palacios, and he made no mistake with his left-footed finish.
Three minutes before the break, Kaku turned from a scorer to a provider as he sent Soufian Rahimi behind Khorfakkan's defense to fire the ball into the back of the net.
Al Ain continued heaping pressure on Khorfakkan's defense, and Laba Kodjo opened his 2024-25 season's tally when he ran onto the six-yard box to head in Soufiane Rahimi's cross ten minutes after the break.
The Togolese striker joined the 100th-goal club as he was set up inside the box by Rahimi's pinpoint pass to drive the ball into the bottom corner.
Jonatan Viera pulled one back for Khorfakkan in the 66th minute, before Kodjo completed his hat-trick with an unstoppable strike from the edge of the penalty area in the 73rd minute.
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