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Shandong Luneng stay well clear at the top of the CSL with a 2-1
away win at Qingdao as China's top flight resumed after a six-week
break. ¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡Shandong Luneng's Zheng Zhi (C) cheers for his goal during a match between
Shandong and Qingdao.[] ¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡China playmaker Zheng Zhi opened the scoring with his ninth of the league
campaign after 13 minutes of the local derby, with Liu Jian bringing the sides
level before Zhou Haibin netted on the half hour to seal Shandong's 12th win in
16 games.
¡¡¡¡Changchun Yatai took advantage of Beijing Guo'an's goalless draw at
Shanghai United to move back up to second with a 3-1 home victory over Chongqing
Lifan thanks to goals from Du Zhenyu, Elvis Scott and Ma Li An.
¡¡¡¡Tianjin Teda move within a point of Beijing after a thrilling 4-3 win
against Wuhan at the Xinhua Lu Stadium. Lu Yan, Han Yanming, Wu Wei'an and Cao
Yang replied to Li Hao's opening goal to give Teda a seemingly unassailable 4-1
lead before Brazilian striker Gilson scored twice in four minutes to set up an
exciting finale.
¡¡¡¡Dalian's chances of a second consecutive CSL title took a further dent as
the reigning champions fell to their sixth defeat of the season, losing 2-1 to
Dongbei rivals Liaoning FC in Anshan. Zhu Ting put Dalian ahead after 24 minutes
but Liaoning were soon level through Guo Hui. China midfielder Zhao Junzhe hit
the winner fifteen minutes after the restart to move his side into a mid-table
position.
¡¡¡¡Xi'an Chanba and Shenzhen Kingway remain seventh and eighth respectively
after a 2-2 stalemate at Shenzhen Stadium. Second-half goals from Xi'an's
foreign pair Ivan Bulat and Vicente overturned Xin Feng's opener for inaugural
CSL champions Shenzhen, but Lu Bofei snatched a late equaliser to force a draw.
¡¡¡¡Shanghai Shenhua play away to Xiamen Lanshi on Thursday. |