Guizhou Renhe end Ulsan Hyundai's winning streak
Meanwhile, Beijing Guoan go top of their group with win over Central Coast Mariners
Guizhou Renhe conjured a late equaliser Wednesday to hold Ulsan Hyundai 1-1 and finally end the South Korean club’s record 11-game winning streak in the AFC Champions League.
Yang Hao nodded the Chinese visitors’ leveller four minutes from time to halt Ulsan’s extraordinary sequence of victories which stretches back to their 2012 Asian title run.
Ulsan, who missed the 2013 competition, entered the match at the Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium as the only team in the tournament with a 100 per cent record.
And they looked set to make it a 12th straight win when Brazilian forward Rafinha converted a 57th-minute penalty after he was fouled by Guizhou skipper Sun Jihai.
Guizhou are bottom of Group H after losing their first two matches, but they claimed their first point when Yang glanced home Sun’s cross from the right late in the game.
Despite missing out on the win, Ulsan are still unbeaten in 15 consecutive matches in the competition and they also stayed top with seven points.
However, Western Sydney Wanderers moved to within a point of them after Labinot Haliti’s early strike earned them a 1-0 upset win over Japan’s Kawasaki Frontale, their second victory in a row.