But it was Salem Al-Dawsari that orchestrated the victory, scoring one and assisting both of Mitrovic's goals, while Marcos Leonardo was denied a strike of his own.

Al-Hilal dominated the first half, managing 10 shots as it smothered the hosts, but it could not find a breakthrough, only testing Milan Borjan twice.

Both sides moved through the gears in the second half, with Ibrahim Bayesh rifling a powerful effort against the woodwork minutes after the break for the hosts.

Al-Dawsari found a way through shortly after. He made a sensational run down the left before cutting inside and dinking a lovely shot over Borjan and in off the far post.

Leonardo ran off the back of Al-Riyadh's defence and scored a chip of his own, only to have the goal ruled out as he started his run too early.

Mitrovic made sure of the three points after 80 minutes as he slotted in from a tight angle and got his second in the 100th minute to round off a good day for Al-Hilal.