Musaev was just inches away in first-half stoppage time from doubling his side's lead when Turaev's free kick swung towards the far post but Musaev, unmarked, headed wide of the post.
Musaev was again at the heart of the action three minutes after the restart when his shot was just wide while Zoteev should have made Yang pay for a poor clearance, only to give the Beijing goalkeeper the opportunity to redeem himself.
As time ran out, Beijing grew increasingly desperate. Zhang Xizhe shot high over the bar when he had time and space to pick his spot in the 70th minute while Kanoute sent a header over the bar seven minutes later.
But the Chinese Super League side were unable to find a way past the Bunyodkor defence, who now sit clear at the top of the group with just two games remaining.
"Every game in this group is difficult," said Stanojevic. "Our target is to win every time. In our next game, Joffre Guerron will be back to reinforce our attack while today Mao Jianqing was playing with an injury. We had difficulties in choosing players.
"We had more problems in the first half because in the midfield battle we had one player less than them. This was an issue for us for quite a while, and they had a better first half.
"In the second half we adjusted our tactics through our substitutions and managed to level off the situation. However, our finishing touch was not good enough. I think Bunyodkor deserves the three points from this match."
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