ASIA 

In the Asian Champions League Brad Jones played a full game as Al Nassr got their first win in the group stage beating Al Ain 2-1 away from home. Ange Postecoglou's Yokohama F Marinos smashed Sydney FC 4-0 at home. 

In the J-League Peter Cklamovski's Shimisu S-Pulse led 1-0 but were beaten 3-1 at home to FC Tokyo. Postecoglou didn't have much luck kicking off his title defence either, losing 2-1 at home to Gamba Osaka. 

Mitchell Langerak played 90 minutes as Nagoya earned a point with a 1-1 draw against Vegalta and Thomas Deng will have to wait for his Urawa Red Diamonds debut who was absent in their 3-2 win over Shonan Bellmare.

In Qatar Shane Lowry scored for Al Ahli in a 1-1 draw with Al Gharafa while Isaias Sanchez played in Al Wakrah's 1-0 loss to Al Duhail. 

In Saudi Arabia Craig Goodwin played 90 minutes for Al Wehda, losing 2-0, while Brad Jones was invovled in another 2-0 win over Al Hazm.

In India Erik Paartalu was a 68th minute sub for Bengaluru while David Williams played 90 minutes for ATK as both sides played out a 2-2 draw.