Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan scored a brace but was not enough from avoiding elimination in the Asian Champions League as Al Ain drew 3-3 with Al Ahli in their round 16 return leg clash.
Ahli advanced on the away-goals rule after the first leg ended 0-0.
Gyan opened the scoring for the Al Ain on four minutes but Ahli responded three times in quick succession shortly after half-time.
First, Luis Jimenez’s corner cannoned off Khamis and into the Al Ain net.
Moments later, Khalil latched onto Everton Ribeiro’s through ball and drove his shot in off the far post.
Then, as Ahli’s bench and travelling support celebrated still, Khalil prodded home a rebound from Ribeiro’s effort.
They pegged one back, when Gyan half-volleyed past Ahmed Dida, and then another in stoppage time through Rashid Essa, but they could not claw themselves back from the abyss.
The UAE champions no longer have a Champions League dream.
A 2014/15 season that promised so much has concluded in the worst possible fashion.