Nigerian defender Onome Ebi scored her third goal of the season in Henan Huishang’s 2-1 defeat to Changchun Dazhong in a Chinese Women’s Super League game on Saturday.

Henan continued their sloopy start into the new,  as they failed to bounce back from back-to-back defeats to Shanghai and Wuhua.

Goals from Ren Guixin and Pang Fengyue helped the visitors to important victory, but the Ebi scored her team’s only goal from penalty spot at the Xiannongtan Stadium.

The Falons defender is an influential figure in Henan’s dressing room , with the technical crew of the club banking on the player to help the team beat the drop.

Henan sits in sixth position on the Chinese top-flight log with four points from six games – just three above the relegation zone.