Ahead of Sunday night鈥檚 game against Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai, French striker Bafetimbi Gomis has vowed that Al-Hilal鈥檚 players will do all they can to improve their AFC Champions League Group A form.

Al-Hilal recovered from going a goal down to the Uzbek AGMK in their group opener to take the lead by the break, but they had to settle for 2-2 draw after a 70th-minute equalizer from Sanjar Shaakhmedov.

鈥淭he last match was really difficult, we were better in the first half and of course we wish to improve,鈥� Gomis said, according to the AFC official website. 鈥淚t will be the same for the next match, another hard one.鈥�

Gomis played a major part in Al-Hilal鈥檚 third Asian title win in 2019, finishing as the competition鈥檚 top scorer with 11 goals.

Having failed to retain the title in the disruption of last year, Al-Hilal hope that Gomis will be at his best in Asia鈥檚 premier club competition, and the striker has hailed the club鈥檚 supporters for their relentless backing.

鈥淚 am a very ambitious person and am very lucky to play for a club like Al-Hilal, which always wants to win trophies,鈥� Gomis said. 鈥淲e have a lot of passionate fans, this year especially because they haven鈥檛 been to the stadium in a long time."

鈥淭hey trust me, and sometimes it can be difficult for me because they love and criticize me. But I鈥檓 very lucky to have these fans,鈥� he said. 鈥淪o, my motivation is the same as when I played for the first time in the AFC Champions League with Al-Hilal, which is to win and to be the best team.鈥�

鈥淟ast year we didn鈥檛 get to win the championship because of the coronavirus but we are lucky this year to be able to play in Riyadh. We disappointed our fans in the first game, but we are hoping to make them happy.鈥�