League Leader Shanghai Ended Unbeaten Record

League Leader Shanghai Ended Unbeaten Record

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League leader Shanghai Shenhua suffered its first defeat in 13 outings as they when down to Liaoning Fushen 4-2 in a upset of the 13th round of the Chinese soccer first division on Thursday.

But Shanghai is still no top of the 14-team ranking with 32 points from a 10-2-1 record, followed by Dalian Shide with 29 points and in the third place was Sichuan Shangwutong with 25.

Dalian overpowered Qingdao Beer 2-1 with a last-munite goal from Hao Haidong, the captain of Dalian who had to deal with their tough rival with only 10-men in most of the time.

Shenzhen Kejian ended its goal drought with a sounded victory of 2-0 over the visiting Beijing Guo'an and jumped over four spots from the 8th to the 4th.

The Kejian side went goalless in the last four rounds with injuries to key strikers Li yi and Brazilian import Tiago Honorio.

The tow players returned to the field and opened the score with a spectacular goal in the 43 minute. Li Yi set up the goal and Honorio sent it home to lift Shenzhen to 1-0.

Only 10 minutes late, Honorio pass the ball to a good spot for teammate Zheng Zhi who smashed it to beat Beijing's goalkeeper for a 2-0 lead.

All seven home teams captured their wins as Shenyang Jinde took only their second victory in 13 outings so far by defeating the second ranked Sichuan Shangwutong 2-1.

In other matches on Thursday, Tianjin Taida kicked away Shendong Luneng 4-1 and fixed their position at the eighth spot.

Shanxi Guoli beat Chongqing Lifan 2-0 while Bayi Zhenbang defeated Yunnan Hongta 2-0, too.