Defending champs Guangzhou Evergrande were on the road at Tianjin Teda. The 5-time reigning champs will now be focusing on more domestic success, after they were knocked out of the AFC Champions League mid-week, and will be unable to defend their continental crown.

Guangzhou Evergrande routs Tianjin 4-0 to top Chinese Super League?

And the visitors get off to a quick start -- Yu Hanchao collects Gao Lin's cut back and fires it in to make it 1-nil after just seven minutes. Brazilian Douglas outs Gao through, and then he sets up Yu to make it 1-nil.

In the 27th minute, Guangzhou get out on the attack -- only it is stifled when Tianjin's Yu Benjian brings down Douglas with a clumsy tackle, the referee refrains from showing a card -- but does award a free-kick.

Paulinho's attempt hits the wall and Gao Lin is the first to pounce on the deflected ball and he is abel to slot it home. (REPLAY) Right place, right time for the Evergrande striker and it is 2-nil

Second half now -- and Douglas's strike from outside the area is spilled by Yang Qipeng allowing Gao to pounce for his second of the game. That is his 65th career CSL goal, tops among active players.

and in the 73rd minute -- the Brazilian Alan Douglas gets his first goal since joining the defending champs, heading in this cross as Evergrande come away with a 4-nil victory.

Elsewhere, SIPG grabbed a 3-1 away win at Changchun Yatai. 10-man Shanghai Shenhua was able to top Hebei Fortune 2-nil. While Shijiazhuang EverBright defeated Shandong Luneng 2-1.

As for the standings, the 4-0 result puts Guangzhou to the top of the League, a point better than second placed Jiangsu Sunning. SIPG are third with Henan in fourth.