The goals came from Belal Al Laham and Mehd Omar Shilbayeh. The United Arab Emirates completed a 1-0 revenge victory over India in group eight and retook the lead, if only temporarily, from Yemen. Subait Khater struck in the 63rd minute as the group favourites avenged a surprise 1-0 defeat to India on April 8. The UAE now have six points from three matches, two more than Yemen, who have a game in hand, and India are third on four points. The group favourites were already 7-0 up before Ismail Naseem scored a consolation goal for the Maldives.
China are third in the group on three points but have only played one game.
Indonesia kept up the pressure on the Chinese with an easy 6-0 victory over Cambodia that also served as a warm up for next month's testing match against China. Iraq, Iran, Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia have all now progressed to the next phase of Asian qualification. If you have any thoughts you can email Dominic Raynor . You can also have your say on the World Cup Message Board . Click here for Terms of Use and Privacy Policy applicable to this site.