Shanghai Shenhua beat Beijing Guoan 3-1 on the road on Saturday night, going beyond the home side to take sole belongings of the lead in the Chinese Super League (CSL) standings with 41 points after 17 matches.
Guoan was up to second location, three points behind Shenhua.Beijing had actually been undefeated with 11 wins and five draws before inviting Shanghai to the Workers Stadium in front of a season-high 62,291 spectators.The visitors opened the scoring early in the seventh minute, as Gao Tianyi sent out in a pass from the left side and discovered Luis Asue for a header.
Guoan goalkeeper Hou Sen got a hand on the ball, he could not stop it from reaching the net.Shenhua doubled their benefit in the 21st minute.
A long pass landed in front of Wu Xi near Beijings box, and he sprinted past Uros Spajic to find the bottom corner of the net, keeping the visitors in control 2-0.
The hosts pulled one back 5 minutes later.
Gugas complimentary kick shot flew over the wall and previous goalkeeper Xue Qinghao, getting Guoan back into the contest.Dawhan appeared to bring Beijing level in the 29th minute, however the effort was prohibited because Zhang Yuning was ruled offside.Shanghai experienced a similar minute of frustration in the 83rd minute.
Yu Hanchaos strike was eliminated by an offside ruling, but he recovered to put his name on the scoresheet in the end.
In the seventh minute of interruption time, Wu established an one-on-one chance for Yu, who netted the 3rd and last objective of the match for Shenhua.Saturdays Other Results (Home Teams Listed First): Dalian Yingbo 4-0 Shandong TaishanShenzhen Peng City 4-0 Qingdao HainiuHenan 1-1 Meizhou Hakka