TEHRAN (Tasnim) � Zobahan of Iran moved up to top of Group B of the 2016 AFC Champions League after defeating Uzbekistan�s Bunyodkor 5-2 in Isfahan�s Foolad Shahr Stadium on Tuesday.





First half goals from Danial Esmaeilifar and Vahid Mohammadzadeh sent Yahya Golmohammadi�s side on its way to victory before further goals from Mahdi Rajabzadeh and Kaveh Rezaei in the second half sealed all three points.

Minori Sato claimed Bunyodkor�s first 13 minutes from time while Zobahan�s Morteza Tabrizi and Shakhzodbek Murmatov of Bunyodkor found the back of the net in the dying minutes.

The win � coupled with Saudi Arabia�s Al Nassr�s 4-0 loss at the hands of Lekhwiya in Doha � moves Zobahan three points clear at the top of Group B with just two games remaining in the group stages.

Bunyodkor, meanwhile, dropped to the bottom of the standings and remained on two points.

By Tasnim News Agency