Ulsan secured their place in the 2019 AFC Champions League Group Stage after recording an emphatic 5-1 win against Malaysia's Perak in a play-off tie on Tuesday.

The 2005 Continental champions won the Korea Football Association (FA) Cup in 2017 under Kim's management, and the 48-year-old coach wants the same success in the domestic league, as well as the AFC Champions League.

The continental competition kicks off in less than two weeks but, before that, join the-AFC.com as we look back on the week in numbers, where comeback wins, a penalty shootout and goals galore all feature.

Former quarter-finalists Shandong had kicked off their play-off match against Hanoi, yet to appear at the Group Stage, as favourites but the Vietnamese champions impressed in the first half, taking a deserved lead through captain Nguyen Van Quyet before the break.

Coach Li Xiaopeng responded by bringing on Liu Junshuai for Wu Xinghan after the restart and the 24-year-old made the difference, firing home after Hanoi's defence failed to deal with a Liu Binbin header across goal.

After beating Iraq’s Air Force Club in Tashkent in last week’s preliminary round, the Uzbek team had to win away at Al Maktoum Stadium in the play-off round on Tuesday to secure a place in the continental competition, but when they conceded an early penalty it looked like they could face an uphill battle.

Spanish striker Alvaro Negredo missed before Serbian Ceran was handed his own chance from the spot, one which he duly accepted by guiding the ball into the bottom left corner to put his team a goal up just after the half hour.

After Hwang Il-su went off with an early injury, his replacement Kim In-sung could have opened the scoring in the ninth minute but dragged his shot narrowly wide after bursting into the penalty area with intent.

But the hosts then did go in front midway through the half when Kim Tae-hwan broke into the box after a lovely give-and-go with Kim Bo-kyung and his cross was diverted into his own net by the unfortunate Amirul Azhan.

The lively Kim In-sung struck a low effort from outside the penalty area just minutes later but Perak goalkeeper Hafizul Hakim was equal to the challenge and tipped wide for a corner.

Chiangrai had the first sight on goal inside 10 minutes at a saturated Hiroshima Athletic Stadium when Brazilian defender Brinner headed Lee Yong-rae’s corner from the left straight at goalkeeper Keisuke Osako.

Hiroshima were then given the perfect chance to open the scoring in the 10th minute when Tanasak Srisai handled Yusuke Minagawa’s goal bound effort and the referee pointed to the spot, only for Minagawa to see his ensuing spot kick well saved by custodian Saranon Anuin.

Despite being crowned Asia’s club kings last November, Kashima’s third place finish in the 2018 J.League season meant they had to earn their place in this year’s Group Stage with the visit of the A-League side.

And they got their continental campaign off to a positive start in front of a noisy home support when Leo Silva’s shot was re-directed with a backheeled flick by Serginho, only to see Newcastle custodian Glen Moss push the ball onto the post.