"Dalian trailed Chengdu by 14 points with five matches remaining, seemingly destined to finish runners-up. They even trailed by as much as 18 points with Aloisi and Co. seemingly en route to their maiden CSL championship.
Instead, Dalian won five consecutive matches while Chengdu collected just one point, losing four straight games to surrender a title that had appeared theirs for the taking.
Both teams finished on 52 points, with Dalian crowned champions courtesy of their superior head-to-head record, rather than goal difference."
That's mad!
Though an Aussie would have been on the winning side either way 👍