CSL champions Guangzhou Evergrande set pace as Rafa Benitez’s Dalian side slump to defeat
- Hong Kong’s Dai Wai-tsun starts third straight Chinese Super League game for Shenzhen in 3-1 loss to champions
- Wei Shihao keeps up scoring streak as Fabio Cannavaro’s side maintain 100 per cent record, but Dalian Pro lose again
The champions, who have won eight of the last nine CSL titles, beat Shenzhen 3-1 in Dalian, with goals from Wei Shihao, Zhang Linpeng and Paulinho.
The China internationals put Fabio Cannavaro’s Evergrande 2-0 up at half-time, with Wei firing home from a rebound after a run from Yang Liyu and Zhang heading home from a corner.
Cameroonian striker John Mary pulled a goal back for Shenzhen, his third in three games, also heading home from a corner, before Paulinho sealed the points with a tap-in from a Wei rebound. The Brazilian had just had a goal disallowed for offside.
Shenzhen also had Hongkonger Dai Wai-tsun in their starting line-up for the third straight game since signing from Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Premier League. He was replaced by Roberto Donadoni after 88 minutes.
Wei has scored in every game since the league’s belated kick-off last month and sits atop the CSL top-scorers chart with four goals alongside Shanghai SIPG’s Ricardo Lopes Pereira.