Al-Jazira continued their perfect start in the Asian Champions League on Tuesday, while Adelaide United suffered their first loss.
Al-Jazira continued their perfect start in the Asian Champions League on Tuesday, while Adelaide United suffered their first loss.
United Arab Emirates Pro-League champions Al-Jazira made it three wins from as many games in Group A with a 2-1 victory at Iran’s Esteghlal.
Abdulrahim Jumaa gave the visitors a sixth-minute lead in Tehran, but his opener was cancelled out by Ferydoon Zandi in the second half.
But Al-Jazira were not to be denied, and Brazilian Bare scored what proved to be the winner in the 73rd minute.
In the other Group A game, Al-Rayyan moved off the bottom of the table courtesy of a 3-1 win at home to Nasaf.
The Qatari side recorded the win thanks to goals from Rodrigo Tabata, Daniel Goumou and Ahmed Alaadin, while Ilhom Shomurodov had briefly levelled for the visitors.
Elsewhere, Adelaide slumped to their first defeat in Group E after a 1-0 loss to Pohang Steelers in South Korea.
A scrappy 69th-minute goal from Kim Dae-Ho saw the K-League side to a deserved win in an encounter they dominated.
J.League giants Gamba Osaka remain bottom of the group despite their 3-1 win at home to Bunyodkor.
A Yasuhito Endo goal and a brace of penalties from Rafinha helped Gamba to the victory, with Anvarjon Soliev striking a late consolation for the Uzbeks.
Adam Kwasnik and Everton Santos traded goals as the Central Coast Mariners and Seongnam played out a 1-1 draw in Gosford in their Group G clash.
Nagoya Grampus became the first side in the group to claim a win, recording an emphatic 3-0 victory over Tianjin Teda.
Jungo Fujimoto, Keiji Tamada and Kensuke Nagai were on the scoresheet for the victors.
In Group C, Sepahan remain unbeaten after Bruno Correa’s 89th-minute goal gave them a 2-1 win against Lekhwiya, while Al-Ahli edged Al-Nasr 2-1.
