Hong Kong champions Kitchee crushed by Lee Man as Camargo runs rampant against much-changed treble winners

Lee Man outplayed and outfought Kitchee to underline their Hong Kong Premier League title credentials and leave the visiting players to incur the wrath of their furious supporters.

The new darling of the Hong Kong national team, Everton Camargo, was the architect of the champions’ downfall, creating one goal and scoring another after having an early penalty saved by Paulo Cesar.

Lee Man’s opening two strikes, from Henri Anier and Camargo, came either side of a Juninho equaliser at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground.

But Kitchee, whose head coach Alex Chu Chi-kwong said he had no regrets over resting players ahead of Wednesday’s AFC Champions League fixture against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, never recovered from a sluggish start.

Anier, who profited from Camargo’s creativity for the opener, scored a VAR-awarded penalty six minutes after half-time. And the home dugout emptied in jubilation when substitute Paulo Simionato administered the final rights deep stoppage time.

Lee Man head coach Tsang Chiu-tat admitted his dressing room was lifted when the Kitchee teamsheet arrived, with Mikael Severo, Charlie Scott, Kim Shin-wook and Ruslan Mingazov – who Chu said sustained a knock playing for Turkmenistan last week – all missing.