Shanghai SIPG and Guangzhou Evergrande shared the spoils in an entertaining top-of-the-table CSL clash.
Guangzhou Evergrande maintained their hold on first place in the Chinese Super League on Saturday as a late equaliser from Wu Lei earned Shanghai SIPG a share of the points in the top-of-the-table clash at Shanghai Stadium.
Alan Carvalho gave Guangzhou the lead six minutes into the second half before Wu pulled his side level seven minutes later, only for Yu Hanchao to look to have given Luiz Felipe Scolari’s side all three points with 20 minutes remaining.
But five minutes from time, Wu scored again…
Shanghai SIPG and Guangzhou Evergrande shared the spoils in an entertaining top-of-the-table CSL clash.
Guangzhou Evergrande have a one-point lead atop the CSL over Andre Villas-Boas’ Shanghai SIPG.
Tianjin Quanjian moved up to third in the CSL after an easy 3-0 home win over Shanghai Shenhua.
Zhao Xuri scored twice as Tianjin Quanjian handed Shanghai Shenhua a 3-0 defeat as Fabio Cannavaro’s side moved into third place in the Chinese Super League standings.
Alexandre Pato also found the back of the net as Tianjin moved two points clear of Hebei CFFC and into the final qualifying place for next year’s Asian Champions League.
Tianjin are eight points behind league leaders Guangzhou Evergrande, who maintained their position at the summit with victory over Shandong Luneng on Saturday.
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Giovanni Moreno scored twice for Shanghai Shenhua as they rescued a point against Jiangsu Suning.
Shanghai Shenhua have threatened to take legal action to end claims the club was involved in manipulating the result of their last-gasp 2-2 draw with Jiangsu Suning at the weekend.
Giovanni Moreno scored twice in the final 10 minutes to earn Gus Poyet’s side a point and deny Fabio Capello his first win at Jiangsu since taking over at the struggling club in mid-June.
Wu Xi and Alex Teixeira, with a penalty, looked to have given Jiangsu the three points, but the draw, which was sealed by a 94th-minute…
Shanghai SIPG missed the chance to go top of the CSL after a surprise defeat at Changchun Yatai.
Andre Villas-Boas and Shanghai SIPG failed to return to top spot.
Shanghai SIPG missed the chance to move into pole position in the Chinese Super League when they lost 4-2 to Changchun Yatai on Sunday.
The result leaves Andre Villas-Boas’ side a point adrift of Guangzhou Evergrande, who lost 2-0 to Beijing Guoan on Saturday.
With Oscar serving the third game of his eight match suspension and Hulk and Wu Lei also ruled out, SIPG collapsed in the first half as Changchun raced into a three-goal lead.
Szabolcs Huszti put them in front from the penalty spot in the…
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Brazil star Oscar sparked a melee that saw two players sent off during Shanghai’s 1-1 draw with Guangzhou.
Shanghai SIPG trio Andre Villas-Boas, Hulk and Wu Lei have been handed two-match bans and fined 50,000 RMB each for wearing shirts bearing slogans in support of Oscar.
The former Chelsea midfielder was banned for eight games after he was adjudged to have instigated a melee during the draw with Guangzhou R&F two weeks ago.
Hulk and Wu came out in support of Oscar following last weekend’s 4-1 win over Henan Jianye, which kept SIPG four points adrift of league leaders Guangzhou Evergrande.
Villas-Boas,…