Kim Pan-gon's side, who earned a late 4-3 victory against Kyrgyz Republic in their second-round opener, had to wait until the 72nd minute to find the winner through substitute Darren Lok to maintain their perfect start to the qualification campaign while Chinese Taipei have now lost two from two after their opening-day defeat to Oman.
Malaysia went straight into attack from the start as Akhyar Rashid headed over from a Faisal Halim cross in the third minute while an unmarked Dion Cools failed to make a proper connection with an Arif Aiman corner in the 16th minute. .....