Percy Tau found the back of the net as Al Ahly secured the bronze medal at the FIFA Club World Cup with a 4-2 victory over Urawa Red Diamonds on Friday evening.
Following a lukewarm outing against Fluminense, the Egyptian giants kept faith with South Africa international Percy Tau in the attack alongside Mahmoud Kahraba.
After a strong show of intent minutes from kick-off, Ahly went ahead inside the midway stage when defender Yasser Ibrahim followed-up a delivery in the box and pounced with ease.
It was two in the space of a couple of a few minutes when Tau nudged possession off an opposing defender and beat Shinji Nishikawa in fine style.
Urawa were eager to not fall further behind and provided a bit of a scare in which Atsuki Ito got some space to release Jose Kante in from a tight angle, but the effort went wide.
Kante very soon made amends just before halftime when he showed smart intelligence on the ball to get a proper angle around the penalty area to fire past Mohamed El Shenawy.
Urawa introduced a double change in the second half in Shinji Nakajima for Ken Iwao and Bryan Linssen in favour of Takahiro Sekine.
The changes worked as the Asian champions got back on level terms when Alexander Scholz finished off from the spot after they had drawn a foul in the area.
Ahly would go back ahead though albeit fortuitously as Yoshio Kozumi snapped a defensive clearance past his own goalkeeper Nishikawa and into the net.
It's their second own-goal of the tournament after Marius Hoibraten did the same over English giants Manchester City in the semi-finals.
The Cairo Red Devils should've wrapped it up with a penalty later on by Ali Maaloul following a foul in the box, but the Tunisian failed to parry.
Maaloul did made up seventh minute in additional when he gained possession to shape a shot and riffled, as the Cairo Red Devils snapped the win to grab third-place for the third time in their history.
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