Chinese Super League title race reignited after shock loss for Guangzhou Evergrande
- Beijing Guoan close the gap at the top of CSL to one point
This weekend’s games saw a shock loss for league leaders and title favourites Guangzhou Evergrande, who lost 1-0 at home to newly promoted side Wuhan Zall.
The hosts, whose fans had acknowledged the upcoming 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China on October 1 with a huge national flag on the pitch before kick off and saw Tianhe Stadium belting out a rousing rendition of the patriotic Ode to the Motherland, did not see the game go quite to plan.
Evergrande will be ruing Anderson Talisca’s shot that hit the frame of the goal and a whole host of last-ditch blocks to prevent the league leaders from scoring.
The hosts had dominated possession – 71 to 29 per cent – and had 27 attempts on goal to the Wuhan side’s five in a game they should have won, but the only statistic that mattered was the solitary goal scored by the visitors’ Liu Yun to decide the game for Li Tie’s side.