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Despite the defeat, Cambodia’s Phnom Penh remained top of the standings with nine points, with Hong Kong, China’s Kitchee four adrift with two matchdays remaining.
It was a dream start for Kitchee as they took the lead in the second minute when Everton Camargo dribbled past Ratana Eam and Guytho Mijland from the right flank before squaring for Ruslan Mingazov to tap home.
End-to-end action saw Phnom Penh custodian Um Vichet pushing away Juninho’s low curling shot before Mijland showed his skills on the ball to get into space and force Pong Cheuk Hei to save his shot from distance.
Pong again came to Kitchee’s rescue in the 32nd minute, reacting quickly to dive down to his left to palm away Pich Koeut’s effort from just outside the box.
Tension increased with hard challenges thrown around and it all came to a head in the 45th minute when Koeut was shown the red card for striking the back of Yumemi Kanda’s head as Phnom Penh ended the first half with only 10 men.
Group H: Kitchee SC (HKG) v Phnom Penh Crown FC (CAM)
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Using their numerical superiority, Kitchee dominated the early exchanges of the second half but just could not put their chances away with Kanda firing over from range before Camargo’s run into the box was stopped by Raul Feher’s sliding challenge.
Phnom Penh had their chances to equalise, the best of which came via the left foot of Valerii Hryshyn in the 68th minute, the midfielder shifted into space just outside the box but his effort sailed just over.
The visitors continued pressing and their endeavours were rewarded in the 85th minute when Mijland’s curling delivery from the right was missed by Pong, who was distracted by Rick Ketting’s run, as the ball bounced into the bottom corner.
That however, wasn’t the end of the action with Kitchee having the last laugh when Kendy Ikegami headed home Adrian Revilla’s cross in the first minute of added time to seal the win for the home side.
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