Australian import Tim Cahill scored his third goal of the 2016 Chinese Super League season as Hangzhou Greentown FC forced a 1-1 draw against powerhouse squad Jiangsu Suning FC on the road at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center last Saturday.

Jiangsu's Brazilian striker Jô netted the opening goal of the contest at the 27th minute off an assist from defender Li Ang to give the hosts the upperhand at the half, 1-0, as per Soccerway.

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Head coach Dan Petrescu's boys looked headed to snap their two-game winless slide with time running out in the game, but Cahill was there to Hangzhou's rescue, pulling off a close range header from a pass by local midfielder Feng Gang two minutes before full time.

The tie was the second in three games for manager Hong Myung-bo's squad and their eighth consecutive winless performance, settling them at the 12th spot of the 16-team CSL table.

Meanwhile, Jiangsu dropped to third place in the overall standings with their third straight winless game as newcomer Hebei China Fortune overtook them for second place behind defending champions Guangzhou Evergrande.

Cahill was just acquired by the Green Giants before the start of the current term after his former CSL club, Shanghai Greenland Shenhua FC, terminated his contract during the winter.

The 36-year-old Australia national team standout is also under a contract negotiation process with Hangzhou as he is said to be choosing between staying in China or going back home to play in Australia's A-League next season.

Three Australian top flight teams are allegedly luring Cahill to join them, but still he is keeping his options open.

Meanwhile, Hangzhou is also not decided yet whether they want to keep the Sydney native for next season or let him go as a free agent, Xinhuanet reported.

The team's vice general manager, Wu Shaokui, said on Monday that senior officials are still looking at all the aspects of Cahill's contract and presence with the squad before they go into a conclusion.

"We haven't decided yet. We need to consider every aspect," said Shaokui.

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