Liaoning Hongyun could not prevent a loss 2-1 at home to Tianjin Quanjian for the 12th match day of the Chinese Super League, early Saturday morning.
Cannavaro’s side went 1-0 up in the 24th minute through Xingcan Li and on the stroke of halftime, former AC Milan, Chelsea and Brazil forward Alexander Pato made it 2-0 for Tianjin Quanjian.
In the 55th minute Yanjun Zhang put his team back in the game 1-2 but Tianjin Quanjian held tight to the end, leaving from Shenyang with the three points and a important victory.