Nigerian international Obafemi Martins bounced back to scoring form Saturday as he grabbed a 37th minute goal to hand his Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua a 0-2 away victory over Guizhou Zhicheng.
Martins who enjoyed full 90 minutes action however saw yellow in the 76th minute of the match.
It was teammate and Colombian import Fredy Guarín that opened scoring in the 14th minute after an assist from Cao Yunding while Martins also got an assist from Bai Jiagun. Big money man Carlos Tevez was however not listed.
Interestingly Martins was equally in action when Shenhua faced Odion Ighalo’s Changchun Yatai last week, it was however Odion Ighalo that emerged the hero on the day scoring a brace despite losing 2-3 loss
Martins was however not the only Eagle that sang victory song in China on Saturday. Brown Ideye was also on target for Tianjin Teda who ran away with a 3-1 victory over visiting Yanbian Funde.
Home boys Qiu Tianyi and Hu Rentian had shot the team into the lead in the 58th and 62nd minutes respectively before Ideye put icing on the cake in the 10 minutes later.
Yanbian Funde’s consolation goal came via a penalty in six minutes to the end of the match. Tianjin Teda who played without Captain and birth day boy John Obi Mikel were apparently the better side on the day with 54% possession with three goals to show for their effort.
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