Esteghlal suffered a 3-1 home loss against Al Sadd in the first leg of the AFC Champions League quarter-finals.

The second leg will be held in Doha’s Jassim bin Hamad Stadium on Monday.

Muhammad Taqi is a 31-year-old Singaporean international football referee.

He has been a FIFA listed referee since 2012 and has also refereed a number of AFC Champions League matches.

Taqi Aljaafari has also refereed matches in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.