The weekend action in China PR saw the penultimate ties of the Group Stage take place, there was a full round of fixtures in Japan to dissect, while there were goal feasts in the Mongolia and Chinese Taipei leagues, so join the-AFC.com as we wrap up the best of the action from across East Asia.

Al Nassr made the quarter-finals thanks to a goal from Moroccan top scorer Abderrazak Hamdallah who notched the only goal of the night at the Education City Stadium with 15 minutes left on the clock.

Persepolis weathered extended spells of possession by Al Sadd and looked to hit their opponents on the counter, and after striker Ali Alkasir hit the woodwork twice in the second half, the number 72 finally got his goal, heading in Omid Alishah’s cross just two minutes from time to win it for the Iran Pro League winners.

Persepolis, runners-up in 2018, and Al Nassr joined Al Ahli Saudi FC of Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan's Pakhtakor, who confirmed their places on Saturday, in the West Zone quarter-finals.

The draw for the knockout stage will take place in Doha at 11:00 local time (UTC +3) on Monday.

It was Esteghlal who took the lead at Al Janoub Stadium on Saturday courtesy of a well-taken Ali Karimi free-kick half an hour into the game. Ceran’s diving header equalised for Pakhtakor before the break and Derdiyok sealed the win with a half-volleyed strike shortly after the restart.

Pakhtakor had scored just two goals in four group stage games since the resumption of the 2020 AFC Champions League in Qatar, with Derdiyok only scoring in the annulled 2-1 defeat to Al Hilal on Matchday Three, while Ceran’s last goal prior to Saturday dates to February, when he scored in the 2-1 opening matchday win over Shabab Al Ahli.

The Saudi Pro League side drew level through an Omar Al Soma spot-kick in the 54th minute after having going behind to Azizjon Ganiev effort in the 28th minute and despite both teams having further chances, the tie ended 1-1 after 120 minutes on Saturday.

Al Ahli, however, won the penalty shootout 4-3 after Abdullah Al Naqbi skied Shabab Al Ahli’s final spot-kick at the Al Janoub Stadium.