The week in Asian football
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HONG KONG - Talking points from the week in Asian football:
LEADERS KASHIMA LOSE AGAIN AS KASHIWA PULL LEVEL IN JAPAN
J.League leaders Kashima Antlers lost 2-1 to Fagiano Okayama on Sunday, allowing Kashiwa Reysol to pull level on points at the top of the table.
Second-half goals from Ataru Esaka and Yuta Kamiya cancelled out Yuma Suzuki's 18th minute opener for the hosts, who suffered back-to-back J.League losses after last week's defeat to Machida Zelvia.
Kashiwa took advantage by beating Shimizu S-Pulse 2-0 through goals by Tojiro Kubo and Sachiro Toshima.
COMPAGNO DOUBLE TAKES JEONBUK 10 POINTS CLEAR IN K LEAGUE
Jeonbuk Motors extended their lead in South Korea to 10 points with a 2-1 win over Gimcheon Sangmu on Friday as second-placed Daejeon Citizen were held 1-1 by Jeju United.
Italian striker Andrea Compagno scored either side of half-time to give Gus Poyet's side a two-goal lead before Won Ki-jong netted a 79th minute consolation for Gimcheon.
Nam Tae-hee struck seven minutes into stoppage time to earn visiting Jeju a point against Daejeon.
SHANGHAI SHENHUA GO TOP AFTER WIN OVER CHANGCHUN
Zhu Chenjie and Joao Teixeira struck in the first half on Sunday to earn Shanghai Shenhua a 2-1 win over Changchun Yatai that took them top of the Chinese Super League.
Zhu put last year's league runners-up ahead in the 32nd minute and Teixeira doubled the advantage 12 minutes later as Shenhua climbed above Beijing Guoan, who face Yunan Yukun later on Monday. REUTERS
