Al Shahab sees off Pakhtakor

Flavio came close to opening the scoring midway through the first half after linking up with Camacho but could only fire straight at goalkeeper Temur Juraev.

Ahmed Ateef worked an opening on the edge of the Pakhtakor area just after the half-hour mark but blazed well wide.

After a tight first half at Pakhtakor Stadium Milorad Janjus headed onto the top of the crossbar for the home side, but it was Al Shahab that broke the deadlock a minute after the hour mark as Flavio headed home Camacho's inviting free-kick.

And the Angolan added a second 12 minutes later with a smart finish after beating the Pakhtakor offside trap.

Substitute Alisher Azizov headed home with 10 minutes remaining to give Pakhtakor hope, but Al Shahab substitute Ahmed Al Kaabi sealed the win with a breakaway goal in stoppage time as the visitors followed up their opening day draw with Iran's Sepahan to move to the top of Group C.

In Esfahan, Sepahan was held to its second successive draw by UAE's Al Ain at Foolad Shahr Stadium.

Sepahan's Ahmad Jamshidian wasted the best chance of a poor contest as Al Ain picked up a first point of the campaign after losing 1-0 at home to Pakhtakor at the end of last month.