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The result moved the Korea Republic side to four points while Beijing, who extended their unbeaten run to three matches, are three ahead.
Jeonbuk conjured their opener from out of nowhere just two minutes in when Bruno Mota, connecting to Choi Woo-jin’s perfect cross from the left, aimed his downward header perfectly between Hou Sen’s flailing form and the right post.
The Beijing keeper made an instinctive save in the sixth minute to keep out Lee Dong-jun’s close-range try as play then swung to the other end, where Wang Gang’s attempt from the byline skimmed off the right post and across the face of goal.
Some clever footwork by Chadrac Akolo in the 21st minute saw the Beijing striker slip past defender Park Ji-su on the right and drill his shot past Jeonbuk custodian Song Bum-keun, only for his attempt to hit the left post and go out of play.
After a lull in play, the home side leveled in the 34th minute after Guilherme Ramos’ header in a packed box found an unmarked Jeremy Dudziak, who side-footed past Bum-keun from close range and whose equaliser was confirmed after a VAR review.
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Beijing took the lead seven minutes into the restart, when following a fast break, Akolo was fed by Dudziak and stormed down the centre to force a one-handed save from Bum-keun, the ball then falling to Wang Gang who stabbed it past the stunned keeper and the defence.
The goal was given following a VAR review, but moments after Mota’s 60th-minute attempt at the other end was disallowed for a foul by the striker on Uros Spajic, two-time Asian champions Jeonbuk drew level.
Kim Jing-yu’s 64th-minute corner took a deflection off skipper Kim Young-bin and into the path of Lee Yeong-jae, whose half-volley bounced past the Beijing defence and a rooted Hou Sen into the bottom right.
Bum-keun made a crucial save from Lin Liangming in the 84th minute and then again from Boubacar Konte two minutes into stoppage time to ensure Jeonbuk closed an entertaining match with a share of the points.
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