AIK lose more ground in European race as Mjallby edge a point nearer safety

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/aik-lzqk4S68/mjallby-S0XtXM1E/?mid=WfqYYpGL"]AIK 1-1 Mjallby[/a][/b][/p][p]It's back-to-back 1-1 draws for champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mjallby/S0XtXM1E/"]Mjallby[/a] under new manager Andreas Brannstrom, although ending their losing run with points against sides with continental ambitions is certainly a positive, even if those ambitions are failing fast for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aik/lzqk4S68/"]AIK[/a], who have taken two points from their last three matches.[/p][p]For much of the first half, Mjallby were on course for a first win of Brannstrom's second spell in charge, after [b]Aki Samuelson curled in a beautiful cross from the left side which [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergstrom-jacob/dbZg4Slj/"]Jacob Bergstrom[/a] guided into the bottom corner with his head.[/b][/p][p]That came after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/youssef-ali/K4KgHFba/"]Ali Youssef[/a] clattered a free-kick against the AIK crossbar and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/carlstrand-linus/pIeIJzoE/"]Linus Carlstrand[/a] was somehow denied by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wallinder-robin/6XfvDP2K/"]Robin Wallinder[/a] from point-blank range.[/p][embed guid="94e6f1b0-25db-4d95-b56e-a89f7b52c337" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meyScpykWF4" social-type="youtube" /][p]But Wallinder was powerless to stop [i]Gnaget [/i]equalising five minutes before half-time - [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ali-abdihakin/6VhF5BI6/"]Abdihakim Ali[/a] clipped a ball over the top and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kouame-axel/E9VQkipf/"]Axel Kouame[/a] positioned his feet in such a way that the ball would ricochet off him and into the bottom corner.[/b][/p][p]Kouame and Carlstrand both came agonisingly close to a second after the break, before Wallinder made himself big to keep the scores level by denying [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/assadi-lucas/rwjjpAuJ/"]Lucas Assadi[/a]. On the day he was left out of the Sweden squad, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nordfeldt-kristoffer/zidYDVKR/"]Kristoffer Nordfeldt[/a] showed Graham Potter what he would be missing by making a superb tip over to thwart Youssef and preserve a point.[/p][p]AIK are seventh in the table and will be gunning to end their winless run against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/halmstad/Mmsc26yL/"]Halmstad[/a] at the weekend. MAIF are 12th and will hope it's third time lucky under their new boss when they face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gais/bJewAOTf/"]GAIS[/a] next time.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/sweden/allsvenskan/"]Review the latest Allsvenskan standings on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]