Vietnam continues to be a bogey team for Malaysia in recent times as they prolong their unbeaten run against Harimau Malaysia to five matches after a 1-0 win at My Dinh Stadium on Thursday in the joint 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup qualification match in Group G.
Nguyen Quang Hai's 40th minute winner proved to be the difference between the two teams in a closely fought contest. Tan Cheng Hoe saw his team dominating the play but were unable to create concrete chances to find their way back into the match. The Malaysian head coach did not attend the post-match press conference because he wasn't feeling well and Balachandran step in to explain what went on.