Matt Simon netted his second goal of the campaign midway through the second half in response to Juninho's strike just seconds into the second stanza, before Renatinho sealed all three points for the home side with nine minutes remaining.

In the other Group H fixture, Tianjin Teda held Pohang Steelers to a 0-0 draw at the Tianjin Teda Stadium, meaning the equation for the Mariners is now a simple one - no less than two wins will be required for the yellow and navy to have a chance of qualification for the next phase of the competition

"We're very disappointed with the result," admitted McKinna. "We came here after a very poor performance on the Central Coast and with a game plan to make it very hard for Kawasaki and generally we did a very good job.

"We did well to get back into the game, but again, we didn't clear a corner properly and two set plays have cost us two goals.

"We frustrated Kawasaki most of the night and we created most of the best chances, so I'm very proud of how the team has come back from a 5-0 defeat, but very disappointed that we didn't take anything from the game."

He added: "After last week we had to change and started with three up front with one through the middle and when we didn't have the ball we had to drop back and frustrate Kawasaki.

"We were happy with how that went, we limited Kawasaki's goal scoring chances.

"I'm very, very disappointed again with our defending from set pieces - in general play I was very happy, but at set pieces we were very poor."