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Hongkonger Dai Wai-tsun scored his first Chinese Super League goal as Shenzhen beat Guangzhou R&F on Saturday in Dalian.
The game, which was a repeat of the season opener between the sides, would have featured two Hong Kong footballers but Tan Chun-lok missed out on the squad for the second game running.
Shenzhen, who are awaiting the arrival of new coach Jordi Cruyff, took the lead against Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side through Dai after 27 minutes.
The player, who is known as Tsun Dai in England where he spent his formative football years with Bury, Oxford United and Wolves, slammed the ball in off the post from a narrow angle after winning the ball at the edge of the area.
Xu Yang wrapped up the points in second half stoppage time following up from a parry by R&F goalkeeper Han Jiaqi.
Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Mousa Dembele was later sent off for the Guangzhou side deep into stoppage time.