Elkeson on target as Evergrande streak continues

By Xiang Bin
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Elkeson opens the scoring for Evergrande with a fabulous goal.

Elkeson opens the scoring for Evergrande with a fabulous goal.

Elkeson continued his prolific scoring with a wonder goal as Guangzhou Evergrande beat Jiangsu Sainty 2-1 at Nanjing Olympic stadium to extend their unbeaten run to 17 games.

Alkeson opened the scoring with a stunning strike outside the penalty area in the 20th minute, but while Sun Ke brought Sainty level on the hour mark, Gao Lin scored the winner with 10 minutes remaining to secure Evergrande's first away win over Sainty in 7 years.

Marcello Lippi's side is now leading by 13 points at top of the Chinese Super League table.

Other matches on Sunday:

Beijing Guoan 3-1 Wuhan Zall

Beijing Guoan piled on Wuhan Zall misery with a comeback win at home. Peter Utaka made his debut for Guoan in the second half and set up Wang Xiaolong to seal the game at 3-1.

Changchun Yatai 2-3 Shandong Luneng

Roda Antar netted double to secure Shandong's first win in 6 games.

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