After their surprise 3-2 win over Brisbane Roar last week, Ceres Negros showed the win was no fluke as the side from the Philippines proved resilient opposition.

The visitors could have gone ahead as early as the 11th minute at Shanghai Stadium when Piyaphon Phanichakul cut the ball back for captain Gilberto Macena, but the Brazilian skewed wide from 12 yards when he should have done better.

Shanghai were dominating possession and started to ask questions as half-time neared, with Oscar’s dinked cross headed wide by Lu Wenjun and Odil Ahmedov’s volley from distance gathered by goalkeeper Chatchai Budprom as the sides went in goalless.

But the hosts then went in front three minutes after the restart, despite the best efforts of Chatchai, who saved Yu’s initial attempt from Hulk’s corner and Shi Ke’s follow-up effort, only for defender Yu to be on hand to head home from close range.

The Brazilian got the ball rolling for the home side, converting from close range after a Junya Ito cut-back in the 51st minute, before making it 2-0 with his second after a wonderful run 11 minutes later.

Ito then made sure of Kashiwa’s fourth AFC Champions League appearance with a cool finish from inside the area in the 89th minute.

The Filipino club started the brighter at Tianjin Olympic Sports Center Stadium and had the best chance of the early exchanges when Stephan Schrock’s volley was well saved by Zhang Lu.

But against the run of play it was the home side who took the lead after 18 minutes. Axel Witsel’s shot from the edge of the box could only be palmed out for a corner, from which Modeste towered above the Ceres defence to smash home a powerful header.