Oguchi Onyewu returned to the line-up with a solid 90-minute shift as Standard Liege rolled to a 4-1 triumph over visiting Cercle Brugge on Sunday evening.

The Sclessin faithful didn't need to wait long to celebrate as Dieumerci Mbokani nodded home his first goal for the team after only two minutes.

Shortly thereafter, Onyewu had a small mix-up with his keeper, but Vusumuzi Prince Nyoni was unable to capitalize.

Midway through the period, increasing home pressure led to a Standard corner kick, which Marouane Fellaini promptly buried for his third strike in as many season games.

Oleg Iachtchouk reduced the deficit with seven minutes left until intermission, but Mbokani grabbed his second with another header on the stroke of halftime.

Axel Witsel made good on Salim Toama's second assist of the night in the 56th minute to close the scoring. The win takes Les Rouches level at the top on nine points after three games with Club Brugge and Gent.

Scoring
SL - Dieumerci Mbokani 1 (Costa Bonfim Dante) 2'
SL - Marouane Fellaini 3 (Salim Toama) 23'
CER - Oleg Iachtchouk 1 (Honour Gombami) 38'
SL - Dieumerci Mbokani 2 (Marcos Camozzato) 44'
SL - Axel Witsel 2 (Salim Toama) 56'

Line-ups
SL - Olivier Renard; Marcos Camozzato, Costa Bomfim Dante, Oguchi Onyewu, Mohamed Sarr, Steven Defour (Siramana Dembele 87'), Marouane Fellaini, Salim Toama (Landry Mulemo 74'), Axel Witsel, Milan Jovanovic, Dieumerci Mbokani (Igor De Camargo 78')

CER - Bram Verbist, Jimmy De Wulf, Bram Vandebussche, Denis Viane (Krostof Snelders 70'), Honour Gombami, Besnik Hasi, Vusumuzi Prince Nyoni (Armand Mandakan Mahan 70'), Sergiy Serebrennikov, Stijn De Smet, Tom De Sutter (Frederik Boi 70'), Oleg Iachtchouk