Al-Ain will take a 1-0 lead into the second leg of their Asian Champions League quarter-final against Al-Nassr next week. Soufiane Rahimi’s 44th minute strike earned Hernan Crespo’s side an slender advantage for the home side. Aymeric Laporte ruled out of the return after his late sending off. Referee Hiroyuki Kimura dismissed laporte for violent conduct.