Kuruvchi, who currently sit three points clear of two-time ACL champions Al Ittihad in this year’s continental club competition, made it seven Uzbek league wins out of seven thanks to a 70th minute strike from Anvar Soliev.

The victory kept Kuruvchi four points clear of defending champions Pakhtakor, who have slipped behind their Tashkent rivals after drawing two of their first seven domestic matches.