Muangthong took only seven minutes to go in front, Forbes picking up possession inside the penalty area to smash an unstoppable right-foot shot low past goalkeeper Yusuf Cekic.

The Thais doubled the lead six minutes later, Emile Roback holding off the attention of Kamil Amirul to slide his pass through to Poramet and he calmly stroked the ball past Cekic.

Cebu almost managed to halve the deficit within moments, only for Kittipong Phoothawchuek to smother Devrim Yanik’s shot after the Turkish midfielder raced through the centre of the visitors’ defence.

By the 20th minute the hosts had pulled one back with an individual effort from Mijland, who powered down the left wing before hitting a low shot past Kittipong that the goalkeeper failed to palm to safety.

A further two minutes later Cebu were level, Mijland striking again after a perfectly timed through ball from captain Abou Sy put him one-on-one with Kittipong and the forward held his nerve to equalise.

But Muangthong went back in front with little more than eight minutes left in the half as the Cebu defence failed to clear Forbes’ header into the penalty area and Kakana hit a shot into the ground that bounced beyond Cekic’s reach.

And Kakana scored again a further two minutes later as he held off Yanik to beat Cekic at his near post from the right side of the penalty area and Forbes gave the visitors a three-goal lead when he stroked Kakana’s pass home two minutes into injury time.

Poramet then headed in from Tristan Do’s corner to conclude a remarkable first half that featured eight goals.

Muangthong kept pushing after the interval with Poramet completing his hat-trick six minutes after the restart as he shot past Cekic, having turned defender Charles Dabao inside out.

Purchet then bent his left foot shot into the top corner in the 65th minute and Songwut headed in a corner with eight minutes left to close out a stunning win.