Having lost their opening Group B game to Syria 2-1 - a result that cost previous boss Jose Peseiro his job - defeat to the Jordanians would see their continental campaign come to an early end and Abdulrahman's 42nd-minute strike sealed their fate.

"The performance of the players was good tonight," said Al Johor.

"But in the two games that we played, we were not lucky, and tonight we played a good game and we had chances but we didn't take advantage of our superiority.

"Jordan were lucky today as the goal that we conceded went in by luck because the ball was meant to be a cross.

"If we were bad, we could have conceded two or three goals but we were the better side in the game."

Waleed Abdullah was at fault for Jordan's goal with the Saudi keeper caught badly out of position as Abdulrahman's intended cross sailed over his head and into the net.

Despite the fortuitous nature of the winner, coach Adnan Hamad still felt his side were worthy winners as they closed in on a quarter-final place.

"I respect coach Nasser Al Johar and I believe Saudi Arabia are a big team," he said.

"To win against Saudi Arabia is a big achievement and in football there are things that happen and that you can't control.

"We played with good tactical discipline and Saudi Arabia didn't have a lot of scoring chances. We could have scored another goal from the quick counter attacks that we had and I believe that our team deserved to win.

"The game was hard for us as it was against a hard team. Saudi Arabia went into the game with only one option, to win after losing the first game against Syria.

"I want to thank the players for the great game they showed despite being under big pressure. We still have a lot of work to do although our ambitions are big now and hopefully we can carry on in the tournament as far as possible."