China's Guangzhou Evergrande inflicted more Asian Champions League misery on Kashiwa Reysol with a resounding 3-1 win in the first leg of their quarterfinal on Tuesday night.
Daisuke Suzuki gifted Guangzhou the lead when he headed into his own net after five minutes and the Super League side, 8-1 aggregate winners over Reysol in the 2013 ACL semis, doubled their lead with a fabulous free kick from Paulinho five minutes before the break.
Striker Gao Lin headed in the third on 57 minutes and although Masato Kudo grabbed a late consolation, Reysol still have a mountain to climb for the return leg in China on Sept 15.