Always available as an attacking outlet, the 23-year-old constantly looked to lay on chances for forwards Teerasil Dangda and Xisco and his effectiveness at doing so was shown in the statistics as he created seven chances for his team-mates, more than any other player from open play in Match Day One.
", "headline": "Chanathip shines on AFC Champions League debut", "description": "Brisbane: Earlier this month, Thailand star Chanathip Songkrasin told\u00a0the-AFC.com\u00a0that his goal at the 2017 AFC Champions League was to \u201creach the next level as a player\u201d\u00a0and in Muangthong United\u2019s opener away at Brisbane Roar \u2013 his competition debut \u2013 the diminutive playmaker showed that he is ready to take Asia by storm after earning the Tsing Tao Man of the Match award\u00a0in the goalless stalemate.\r\n", "author": { "@type": "Organization", "url": "https://www.the-afc.com/", "name": "the AFC" }, "image": "https://assets.the-afc.com/migration/s/6/s6any9zrccbp3ktlknrs.jpg", "isAccessibleForFree": true, "datePublished": "2017-02-24", "url": "www.the-afc.com/en/club/afc_champions_league/news/chanathip_shines_on_afc_champions_league_debut.html" }