Sailors found the back of the net in the ninth minute after Maxime Lestienne sent a delightful through pass to Shawal Anuar, who beat Persib keeper Kevin Mendoza to the ball before finishing with a deft lob.

Persib responded a minute later with Tyronne finding space down the right flank before unleashing a powerful effort from distance but was denied by Sailors’ keeper Izwan Mahbud.

The Indonesian side, however, fell further behind in the 23rd minute after failing to deal with a long throw-in which resulted in Lestienne heading home past Mendoza.

Shawal came close to doubling his tally two minutes later but the forward pulled his effort wide off the right post while at the other end, Tyronne saw his 26th minute effort crash against the crossbar.

The Singaporean side showed the same tenacity in the second half with Shawal pulling his effort wide from inside the box in the 51st minute, before Lestienne failed to find the target a minute later.

As the minutes ticked away, Sailors opted to sit back as Persib tried to find a way through with Tyronne forcing a fine save from Izwan just before the hour mark.

Persib’s persistence came to fruition in the 81st minute after Marc Klok’s effort rattled the bar with the rebound falling kindly for David da Silva to head home before Mateo Kocijan unleashed a powerful effort into the top right corner  to level the tie.

Another lapse in concentration saw Persib snatch the win after Nick Kuipers set Tyronne free inside the box before slotting home past a stunned Izwan.