In the 35th minute, Than Paing pounced on a loose ball in the box but miskewed his attempt as the ball rolled kindly to Lokphathip, then seconds later at the other end, Kazuha Suho blazed over the bar from inside the box.

Yangon spurned another great opportunity with five minutes of the first half to go when Mg Mg Lwin delivered a free-kick into the box but Lokphathip was in the right place to catch Thiago Tomais’ header.

It was a slow start to the second half with only Theo Nimely’s long range strike that skidded on the wet surface lacked sufficient power to trouble Lokphathip.

Yangon finally broke the deadlock in the 62nd minute after Mg Mg Lwin swung in a cross from the left that was missed by Lokphathip, allowing Moustapha Djidjiwa the easiest of tasks of nodding into an empty goalmouth.

Djidjiwa was influential again nine minutes later, dribbling into the box before teeing up Than Paing to rifle home from point-blank range with Lokhathip getting a hand to the ball but not enough to keep it out.

Ezra managed to pull a goal back in the 81st minute when Phoutthavong Sangvilay blasted his penalty past Zin after Sudo had been tripped by David Htan but it wasn’t enough to prevent Yangon from walking away with the victory.