FILE PHOTO - Football Soccer - Swansea City v Chelsea - Barclays Premier League - Liberty Stadium - 15/16 - 9/4/16.Chelsea's Alexandre Pato Action Images via Reuters / Matthew Childs
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alexandre Pato underlined his importance to Chinese Super League side Tianjin Quanjian on Tuesday when the Brazilian came off the bench to score a late equaliser against Japan's Kashiwa Reysol, maintaining their unbeaten start in the Asian Champions League.
The former Chelsea and AC Milan striker had been left out of the starting line-up by coach Paulo Sousa in response to the Brazilian's angry reaction at being replaced during last week's win over Kitchee from Hong Kong.
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