Elsewhere, Indonesia’s runaway league leaders Bali United have now gone five games without a win following defeat to PSM Makassar, but the cluster of teams beneath them yet again failed to take advantage of their dropped points. 

With the only action in ASEAN coming in the Australian and Indonesian domestic competitions, here’s the-AFC.com’s review of the latest round of fixtures in the A-League and Liga 1.

Muhammad Safawi Rasid was the star of the night with two wonderful goals but Tan said all his players contributed to the victory as Malaysia made it two wins on the trot, having beaten Thailand 2-1 in their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 qualifier on Thursday.

The win, coupled with Vietnam and Thailand playing to a goalless draw in Hanoi, saw Malaysia move up to second in the Group G standings on nine points from three wins and two defeats.

Myanmar followed up Thursday's 4-3 win over Tajikistan with a 1-0 defeat of Mongolia on Tuesday to revive their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 qualifying campaign.

The wins, which followed three consecutive defeats, have to be credited to head coach Antoine Hey, who has steadied the ship after replacing Miodrag Radulovic at the helm last month.

Vietnam lead with 11 points from five matches while the stalemate saw Thailand drop to third, one point behind Malaysia who beat Indonesia 2-0 in the group's other match on Tuesday.

Safawi scored two brilliant goals as Malaysia moved to second in the standings behind Vietnam, with their dream of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 still very much alive.

For Indonesia, it was their fifth consecutive defeat with their hopes all but dashed with three matches remaining.

Elsewhere, Guangzhou Evergrande defeated Shanghai SIPG to take a giant step towards the Chinese Super League title and Yokohama F. Marinos moved top of the J.League after a dramatic weekend in Japan.

There was also a full set of fixtures in Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Guam, so join the-AFC.com as we review all the action in what was a busy few days in East Asia.

Bhutan's Premier League season came to an end as Transport United held on to second place despite falling to a defeat against BFF United.