There was another setback in neighbouring UAE as defending champions Al Sharjah dropped their first points this season while Al Sadd recovered from their 2019 AFC Champions League semi-final exit in the Qatar Stars League. Join the-AFC.com as we reviews the domestic action in West Asia.

Elsewhere, Ulsan Hyundai opened up a three-point lead at the top of the K League, while Shanghai SIPG moved to within a point of Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League following another weekend of exciting action across East Asia.

While there were no games in Japan or Hong Kong, the sides in Guam played their second set of fixtures. For a round-up of all the domestic action across East Asia, here’s the-AFC.com’s look back at the latest round of matches.

Elsewhere, Payam Niazmand set a goalkeeping record as Sepahan went clear on top in Islamic Republic of Iran, while Mekan Ashyrov scored a hat-trick for Altyn Asyr, who moved closer to a sixth straight league title in Turkmenistan.

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Relief, regrets, and revenge following two rollercoaster matches in Riyadh and Guangzhou. Here's the post-match reaction from some of the key men involved.

Al Sadd came close to recording the greatest comeback the competition has ever seen but their 4-2 win was ultimately not enough as Al Hilal advanced 6-5 on aggregate, while Urawa sealed their place in the main event after a 1-0 victory secured a 3-0 aggregate scoreline. The-AFC.com looks back at the facts and figures that caught the eye in the semi-final match-ups.

Kuala Lumpur: Shusaku Nishikawa has been named as the Toyota Player of the Week after the goalkeeper's stand-out performance in Urawa Red Diamonds' 1-0 victory away at Guangzhou Evergrande on Wednesday helped his side into the 2019 AFC Champions League Final.

The custodian had blanked Guangzhou's dangerous attacking line-up in the first leg in Saitama at the beginning of October and he recorded a second clean sheet at the intimidating Tianhe Stadium.

Unlike in Japan, where he was rarely troubled, Nishikawa was called into action on multiple occasions in southern China and pulled off eight saves, the highest in the knockout stage and joint-third highest overall at the 2019 AFC Champions League, to earn an 8.7 rating.

On the same pitch but wearing the red shirt of Guangzhou, Zhang Linpeng (below), came in second in this week’s rankings after the full-back put in an impressive shift despite his side ultimately failing to progress to a third final.

There were calls to celebrate, apologies and careful reflections as Al Hilal players took to social media after a night that saw them suffer a 4-2 defeat at the hands of Qatar's Al Sadd; one of the heaviest home losses of the Blues' AFC Champions League history. But it was also a night when they secured a ticket to the competition's final for the third time in six years.