The visitors stunned the home crowd in the first minute when Joao Figueiredo picked up a pass from Jairo and put the ball beyond Neil Etheridge. A VAR review, however, saw the goal disallowed after Figueiredo was deemed to have handled the ball.

Buriram then had the crowd on their feet six minutes later when Guilherme Bissoli found the back of the net, only to have the goal overturned after the striker was caught offside by another review.

Johor Darul Ta’zim’s Ager Aketxe’s looping free-kick in the 15th minute had Etheridge at full stretch to reach the ball and tip it against the left post before Jon Irazábal headed high and wide from the centre two minutes later.

The Malaysian champions’ persistence paid off in the 28th minute when Etheridge initially kept out Irazabal’s header off a corner, only for Glauder to pounce on the rebound and coolly side foot the ball home.

Buriram came close to squaring the tie three minutes later but Zulj’s powerful header off a Shayne Pattynama cross rattled the left post.

A one-handed save by Andoni Zubiaurre from Mueanta in the 44th minute and a Curtis Good header that rolled past the right post two minutes into first half stoppage time closed the Thai side’s attempts at an equaliser.

Mueanta made amends five minutes after the break when he picked up a cross on the left from Zulj and curled the ball beyond Zubiaurre.

Their roles were reversed in the 54th minute when Mueanta cut back from the left and found Zulj, who, with Zubiaurre caught off position, side footed the ball into an empty goal for Buriram’s second.

Johor Darul Ta’zim’s attempted fightback saw Figueiredo’s header crash against the underside of the bar in the 64th minute and Irazabal’s shot saved by Etheridge four minutes later.

The end to end action continued with the hosts having a penalty overruled by VAR in the 78th minute after Raul Parra brought down Supachai Chaided, who had come on four minutes earlier.

At the other end, Figueiredo again saw his header from inside the area brilliantly saved by Etheridge in the 81st minute as Buriram held on for the win.