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Almoez Ali scores their fifth goal. Reuters
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UAE coach Bert van Marwijk watches the 5-0 Fifa Arab Cup quarter final defeat against Qatar in Al-Khor. AFP
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Qatar's Akram Afif celebrates after United Arab Emirates' Ali Salmeen scored an own goal, the first in the home side's 5-0 win. Reuters
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Almoez Ali celebrates with teammates after scoring the second. EPA
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Boualem Khoukhi (l) added the third. EPA
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Abdulaziz Hatem celebrates after scoring the fourth. EPA
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Almoez Ali scores their fifth goal. Reuters
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UAE coach Bert van Marwijk watches the 5-0 Fifa Arab Cup quarter final defeat against Qatar in Al-Khor. AFP
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Qatar's Akram Afif celebrates after United Arab Emirates' Ali Salmeen scored an own goal, the first in the home side's 5-0 win. Reuters
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Almoez Ali celebrates with teammates after scoring the second. EPA
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Boualem Khoukhi (l) added the third. EPA
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Abdulaziz Hatem celebrates after scoring the fourth. EPA
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Almoez Ali scores their fifth goal. Reuters
UAE crash out of Fifa Arab Cup with 5-0 quarter-final defeat in Qatar
Bert van Marwijk's side endure night to forget, with catalogue of first-half mistakes their undoing
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