Lebanon and Bhutan traded early attempts from distance with Sherin Hasno’s effort not strong enough to beat Sangita Monger while Yeshey Bidha’s shot was straight at Sinal Breiche.

A quick counter attack in the 15th minute saw Lebanon break forward from a Bhutan corner kick but Pilar Khoury’ strike was superbly blocked by Kelzang Tshering’s sliding challenge inside the box.

As half-time approached, Lebanon worked the ball to Khoury who surged into the box before cutting the ball back to Hasno, who steered her effort to the wrong side of the post.

That proved to be a costly miss as Bhutan struck in the first minute of added time with Pema Tshering pouncing on the rebound after Bidha’s shot from outside the box hit the post.

Lebanon head coach Wael Gharzeddine tweaked his attack for the second half by bringing on Christy Maalouf but it was Bhutan who created the better opportunities.

On the hour mark, Tshering Lhaden had a shot from distance pushed away by Breiche before Bidha’s effort from point blank range saw the Lebanon goalkeeper produce a reflex save.

Lebanon improved as the second half progressed, working themselves to the equaliser in the 81st minute when Layla Iskandar powered into the box unchallenged to set up Khoury to apply the finish.

Bhutan, however, were not to be denied the win as captain Pema latched onto Deki Yangdom’s through ball five minutes later to slot past Breiche to make it two victories out of two.