Al Ittihad and Umm Salal have confirmed their spot in the last 16 of the Asian Champions League.

The 2004 and 2005 Asian Champions were held to a 1-1 draw by Esteghlal in Tehran but it was enough to progress.

Hicham Aboucherouane gave the Saudi Arabians what looked to be the winner ten minutes from time.

With just two minutes remaining, however, Ali Alizadeh equalised for the hosts to give them a draw and another point.

Umm Salal fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Al Jazira and seal their progression to the last 16.

The UAE team needed the win to stay in the race and looked odds on to do so.

Rozario opened the scoring for Al Jazira midway through the first half while fellow Brazilian Baiano made it two seven minutes later.

The fightback was lead by Bahrain striker Ala’a Hubail who scored twice within 11 minutes to draw the game.