Ha Noi FC edged Da Nang by three goals to two in the V.League 1 match that marked a rare start for their national U23 goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung after four months on the bench.

Ha Noi's striker Ganiyu Bolayi Oseni (left) scores a double in his team 3-2 win over Da Nang in the V.League on May 19. — Photo courtesy VPF

Dung moved to Ha Noi early this year but an injury kept him out of the first team at the beginning of the season.

Coach Chu Dinh Nghiem finally gave him his first start on Sunday in this important victory.

The home side were without key defenders Tran Dinh Trong and Do Duy Manh because of suspension and injury.

Nghiem said he gave Dung an opportunity to win over national team coach Park Hang-seo's as the South Korean would reveal his national team list in the coming days for the King's Cup in Thailand.

However, Dung will have been disappoint his error led to a goal from Thanh Hai to equal the score at one each after Oseni Ganiyu Bolaji had put the home side in front earlier in the match.

Bolaji completed his double on 68 minutes and just two minutes later, Do Hung Dung netted the third goal for the reigning champions.

Da Nang's Schmitt Norbert pulled one back for the visitors with nine minutes to go but it wasn’t enough to stop Ha Noi claiming all three points and keeping hold of second place, two points behind leaders HCM City.

Da Nang dropped to ninth place with 12 points.

Earlier Sunday, Nguyen Van Toan scored to help Hoang Anh Gia Lai draw with Becamex Binh Duong 1-1 in the V.League in Pleiku City.

Despite playing at home, Hoang Anh Gia Lai set the pace of the match between two former champions but they failed to dominate their rivals.

Binh Duong have only just returned home after their AFC Cup game against Ceres Negros of the Philippines. The tiring team were pegged back in the opening exchanges but still managed to find the net after 16 minutes.

Ho Tan Tai ran the ball into the opposition half and finished from distance evading many Hoang Anh Gia Lai’s players on the way and goalkeeper Wieger Sietsma.

The goal made silenced the home fans as this was the first they have conceded in three games.

Kim Tae Hoon asked his players to push on and on 10 minutes later Nguyen Phong Hong Duy played a perfect pass to Toan who jumped high and nod to the far corner of the net.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai’s unbeaten streak is now four games and they stay sixth in the table.

It was also the third match that Binh Duong did not lose. They are eigth with 12 points.

In Tam Ky, Patiyo Tambwe scored in the last minute to help Nam Dinh go home with one point after a 1-1 draw against former V.League winners Quang Nam.

Earlier, Junior Claudecir opened the scoring 10 minutes after the interval.

The result did nothing to help either side who stay in the same places in the league after the final whistle.

One point for each team means that Quang Nam remain at second from bottom and Nam Dinh just one place ahead.

Sanna Khanh Hoa remain at the foot of the table.

(Source: VNS/ DA NANG Today)