Asian Champions League | Shanghai beats Gamba Osaka 2-0

Group leader Shanghai SIPG kept former champion Gamba Osaka winless in a 2-0 victory in the Asian Champions League yesterday.
Shanghai’s third straight win kept it atop Group G, while all but snuffing out the second-round hopes of 2008 champion Osaka.
Wu Lei put the visiting Chinese team on the scoresheet in the middle of the second half, and Lu Wenjun doubled the lead on a deflected volley with 18 minutes left.
Gamba’s best chance came late in the first half when Takashi Usami’s strike from the edge of the area was tipped over the crossbar by Shanghai goalkeeper Yan Junling.
The Melbourne Victory remained second in the group after drawing with South Korea’s Suwon Bluewings 1-1 in a critical match between them. Melbourne stayed three points ahead of Suwon with two group matches to go.
Kwon Chang-hoon scored for Suwon just before the hour mark, only for Kosta Barbarouses to respond for Melbourne just two minutes later.
Nguyen Anh Duc scored two penalties as Vietnamese champion Binh Duong defeated nine-man Jeonbuk Motors of South Korea 3-2 for its first win in Group E. AP