With Lion City needing to win to retain any hope of progressing, it was Selangor captain Faisal Halim who almost unlocked the Lion City defence with a slaloming run in the 16th minute, the Malaysia international firing off a shot that was blocked by Diogo Costa.

 

Chrigor Moreas threatened moments later, but the former Buriram United forward saw his attempt to beat Ivan Susak at his near post thwarted by the Lion City goalkeeper as he dropped to his right.

Anderson Lopes then headed wide of the Selangor goal before Maxime Lestienne clipped the top of the crossbar with a 27th minute free kick from just outside the penalty area, the Belgian sending a curling, dipping effort onto the woodwork.

 

After a goalless first half, Lion City took the lead within five minutes of the restart as a cleverly worked corner created the breakthrough for the visitors.

Song Ui-young played the set piece short to Bart Ramselaar, the Dutchman returning the ball to his team mate and he slid his pass into Ndenge as the midfielder arrived late into the penalty area to slam his shot past Kalamullah Al Hafiz.

Mukhairi Ajmal saw his attempt blocked while Chrigor fired off target before Faisal took aim in the 68th minute with an effort from 20 yards out that was gathered by Susak as Selangor sought an equaliser.

Lopes almost added a second for Lion City, the Brazilian denied by Kalamullah with six minutes remaining while Selangor’s Chrigor squandered an opportunity to claim an equaliser in stoppage time as Aleksandar Rankovic’s side exited the competition.