Despite heading into the second leg of their FA Cup semi-final encounter against Perak with a 3-1 lead, Dollah Salleh's Pahang conceded three first half goals in the second leg encounter that went unanswered, to crash out of the competition.
Brendan Gan's 34th-minute header opened the scoring at the Perak Stadium, before Partiban Janasekaran added their second in the 41st minute after he was released by Careca's through pass. Just a minute later, Nor Hakim Hassan's cross from the left forced Faisal Rosli to poke the ball into his own net. The hosts refused to sit back and defend their slim lead in the second half, but no more goals were scored by either side.