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Samuel Rosa’s deflected effort four minutes before the interval had given the lead to the visitors, who were looking for their first win of the campaign, but Totchtawan Sripan’s side pulled clear after the interval to take the three points.
Victory moves Bangkok United onto 10 points from four games and to the verge of booking their place in December’s draw for the last 16 while the loss for Lee Man means the side from Hong Kong, China cannot advance.
Lee Man needed a reaction save from Leung Hing Kit to deny Mahmoud Eid’s 21st minute effort, the goalkeeper pushing the ball away to safety after the striker met Zivkovic’s perfectly judged in-swinging cross from the right.
Leung was on hand again three minutes later to keep the home side at bay, this time dropping to his right to save Bassel Jradi’s left foot shot from 20 yards out while soon after Zivkovic bent a free-kick narrowly wide of the goalkeeper’s right post.
Jradi was left frustrated when he volleyed off target in the 31st minute as Bangkok United continued to rack up the chances without managing to convert and the hosts were punished for their struggles in front of goal with four minutes remaining in the half.
Wong Wai fed the ball to Samuel Rosa, who cut inside from the right to fire off a shot from 25 yards that took a deflection off teammate Everton Camargo to beat the wrongfooted Patiwat Khammai.
Eid twice threatened in the dying moments of the half to little effect and Jradi bent another effort just wide of the target as Bangkok United continued probing without success.
The hosts continued to push for the equaliser, leaving themselves open to the prospect of conceding a second; Mitchel Paulissen and Everton both threatened for Lee Man soon after the interval but Bangkok United escaped unscathed.
Bangkok’s equaliser finally came as the second half approached the midway point, Nitipong Selanon’s pace taking him into space behind the Lee Man defence that allowed him to pull the ball back towards the edge of the six yard box from where Zivkovic stroked home.
Zivkovic turned provider six minutes later when he set up Wanchai to give his side the lead, the Brazilian turning at the bye-line to find the substitute in space to crash a first-time shot past Leung.
And five minutes later the win was confirmed when Al Ghassani slipped his shot between Leung and his near post as the Lee Man goalkeeper raced off his line.
Zivkovic then slipped the ball beyond Leung three minutes into injury time to seal a comfortable win.
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