The top keeper of the Egyptian giants Al Ahly Mohamed El-Shenawy failed to control the ball after a pass from defender Rami Rabia. This fatal mistake allowed the Burkinabe forward Eric Traore to score in an empty net on Thursday.
The defending champions were punished for their lack of cutting edge. Especially in the second half, which saw the visitors play with 10 players after the dismissal of defensive midfielder Nabil ‘Dunga’ Emad just before the break.
Ibrahim Adel opened the scoring for Pyramids FC in the 47th minute. But substitute winger Hussein El-Shahat levelled the score three minutes later.
Mahmoud ‘Kahraba’ Abdel-Moneim added the second for Ahly nine minutes from time, while Eric Traore scored the equaliser in stoppage time.
Fullback Ali Maaloul wasted a penalty two minutes after the hour mark.
Ahly started the game in style, with striker Mohamed Sherif wasting an easy goal-scoring chance in the second minute of the game. The international striker received a nice pass from Malian defender Aliou Dieng. But his close-range effort went over the bar.
Pyramids FC regained possession after the first 15 minutes. But it was without posing a real threat on Mohamed El-Shennawi.
The first half saw many harsh interventions from Pyramids players, with Dunga being sent-off after a harsh tackle against Ahly midfielder Hamdi Fathi.
Ahly are now third on the league table with 42 points, 19 behind leaders Zamalek, with the defending champions having seven matches in hand.