Ghana international, Emmanuel Boateng was on teh scoresheet as Dalian Professional FC recorded a win over Tianjin Teda in the Chinese Super League relegation playoffs second leg.
Liangmin Lin opened the scoring in the first half after 21 minutes for the away team who lost the first leg 2-0 at home last week.
However, Boateng scored to put the host 2-0 up and level on aggregate going into the interval.
However, the home side struck to reduce the deficit with 12 minutes remaining.
The game finished 2-1 to Boateng’s team but his fellow countryman, Frank Acheampong’s team won the tier 3-2 on aggregate.