THAI club Buriram United remained in with a chance to qualify for the AFC Champions League knockout round after leaving it late to draw 1-1 with Guangzhou Evergrande at the Chang Arena in Buriram, Thailand, on Tuesday.

Evergrande took the lead in the 20th minute when Zheng Long was picked out by Ricardo Goulart on the edge of the box, and fired away a drive that took a wicked deflection past Siwarak Tedsungnoen. Evergrande could have doubled its lead four minutes before halftime when Goulart skipped past Pravinwat Boonyong before unleashing a ferocious effort, but Siwarak produced a fine save to push it onto the post and back out.

Despite trailing to the two-time Champions League winners, Buriram players showed plenty of endeavor when they came out for the second half.

An excellent freekick by Ratthanakorn Maikami was headed narrowly wide by Diogo in the 68th minute, before Yoo Jun-soo skipped inside a defender but could only blaze over with five minutes remaining.

Another Chinese Super League side, Shanghai Shenhua, was eliminated in Group H after the side played out a 2-2 thriller on its home pitch against Kashima Antlers. Shenhua surged into a 2-0 lead in the first half, with a pair of strikes from Giovanni Moreno and Mao Jianqing, but the Kashima Antlers got back to level five minutes into the second-half to knock out Shenhua. (SD-Agencies)