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Al Riyadh ended a run of defeats on Saturday with a 2-1 win over Al Taawoun in round 11 of the Pro League, and a second-half goal from Bernard Mensah made the difference. Teddy Okou put the hosts ahead in the 39th minute, finishing a move that Mensah set up. That was how the first half ended. Al Taawoun had a player booked as early as the 12th minute, when Bassam Al Hurayji went into the book. The game opened up late on. Mensah took the ball on a run of his own in the 76th minute and scored the second. Two minutes later Nedim Bajrami pulled one back for Al Taawoun with a shot from outside the area. They could not find an equaliser, and Ibrahim Mahnashi was booked in the 92nd minute. The win lifts Al Riyadh to 11th place on 12 points. Al Taawoun stay second from bottom on 4 points, and this was their seventh defeat of the season.