In Japan, Gamba Osaka got back to winning ways as they stayed three points clear in second place and edged closer to a return to the AFC Champions League for the first time since 2017.

Port FC have confirmed their place in next year's AFC Champions League group stage after guaranteeing a top-two finish in Thailand while there was also FA Cup action in China PR, so join the-AFC.com as we review the latest rounds of fixtures from across East Asia and ASEAN.

Suwon Samsung Bluewings joined China PR's Beijing, Japan's Vissel Kobe and Ulsan Hyundai FC of Korea Republic in the quarter-finals, with the knockout stage draw to be conducted at 11:30 (UTC+3) in Doha on Tuesday.

The tie saw the J1 League side participate in their first ever AFC Champions League knockout match, while the Shanghai-based side were contesting their fifth straight Round of 16 game having qualified to the stage in each of the times they have taken part in the competition.

Yokohama F. Marinos, playing their first-ever AFC Champions League knock-out stage match, thought they had taken the league inside three minutes when Erik advanced down the left after a quick string of passes then whipped a cross that evaded defenders to find Teruhito Nakagawa at the far post with the goal at his mercy, but his sliding finish ended up on the wrong side of the post.

The Brazilian international forward departs after a four-and-a-half season stay in Shanghai, which included both Chinese Super League and Super Cup silverware and more than 70 goals in all competitions.

Three goals from substitutes – two from Bjørn Johnson and another from Won Du-jae – proved decisive for the Korean club, who toiled for an hour against the gallant Australian side before running away with the contest in the closing stages.

It was Ulsan’s sixth successive win since arriving in Qatar last month, and it put an end to a run of defeats in the AFC Champions League Round of 16; the stage in which their Asian journey had ended in the past two seasons.

The Chinese outfit defeated FC Tokyo 1-0 on Sunday to stretch their unbeaten run in the competition to seven – itself a club record – and ending a run of Round of 16 defeats in 2010, 2013, and 2015.

Inspired by a virtuoso display by Player of the Match Renato Augusto, Beijing found the decisive goal in the 59th-minute through A Lan, formerly known as Alan Carvalho, who netted his fourth goal of the tournament to put Beijing to within three wins of a maiden Asian title.