Shanghai SIPG’s Aaron Mooy scores debut Chinese Super League winner
- Shanghai SIPG’s new Australian recruit nets the winner over Wuhan Zall as Marko Arnautovic strikes again
- Beijing Guoan score in last minute to lead 3-1 before conceding two goals to Hebei China Fortune in stoppage time
With the game between Shanghai SIPG and Wuhan Zall scoreless at the interval, it took 14 second-half minutes for the combination of Marko Arnautovic and Oscar to break the deadlock.
The Austrian striker powered home a header from the Brazilian’s corner for a seventh goal of the season.
Then, 11 minutes later, Mooy latched on to a reverse pass from Oscar to calmly lift the ball over Dong Hengyi for a debut goal that would prove vital.
The Shanghai side suffered a scare when Wuhan cut the lead with 10 minutes left. Jean Evrard Kouassi set up Eddy Gnahore to score but the scoreline remained 2-1 at the final whistle.
Those three points stretched the 2018 champions’ lead at the top of group A to four points as Beijing Guoan were held to a draw in a six-goal thriller in Tuesday’s other game.
