Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo fires blank as his CSL side Shanghai Shenhua suffered 2-3 home defeat to Tianjin Tianhai.
It was the away side that took the lead in the 21st minute through Falun Zheng but Chenjie Zhu restored parity in the 64th minute.
Brazilian forward Alan restored Tianjin lead in the 69th minute before Yizhen Wu leveled the game in 72nd minute.
Alan completed his brace in the 81st minute to ensure maximum three points for the visitrs.
All the efforts put in by Ighalo to restore and increase his goal tally for the season was nullified by the Tianjin defenders.
Ighalo is the leading scorer chart in the league presently with 6 goals.