The crowd trouble was untoward and caused many a concern to traveling Malaysian fans at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium but it will not take away what proved to be Malaysia's first win over Indonesia on enemy ground since 2004.
Twice Malaysia had to come from behind to peg Indonesia before eventually picking up all three points thanks to Mohamadou Sumareh's late winner in the 97th minute of the match, after the match was stopped in the second half because of crowd invasion from the stands.
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Cheng Hoe sprung a surprise right from the start by opting to field Syafiq Ahmad instead of Akram Mahinan in midfield, which gave Malaysia a very attacking outlook.