Ghana’s John Antwi scored twice for Al-Ahly in the African Champions League quarter-final group opener on Saturday as they were defeated 3-2 by Zambia’s Zesco United.

The Rising Ghana star, a 23-year-old forward who arrived at Ahly before this season from Saudi Arabia’s Al Shabab Riyadh, struck back just three minutes later.

It was his second goal of the tournament, after his last-32 knockout-round strike in a 2-0 aggregate win over Angola’s Recreativo do Libolo.

Zesco who have never reached this stage of the tournament, emerged surprise victors against Al-Ahly who were favorite going into the match

Martin Jol-managed Ahly are a record eight-time winners of the African Champions League, their last title coming in 2013. They regained the Egyptian Premier League title last year from Cairo rivals Zamalek, who are in the other last-8 Champions League group, after they lost it the season prior for the first time in a decade. With three matches remaining in the 2015/16 Egyptian season, they own a five-point advantage on Zamalek to retain the title.