Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
FC Tokyo defender Masato Morishige has been named the Toyota Player of the Week for Matchday Four of the AFC Champions League after scoring twice as the J.League side moved to the top of Group E with a 2-1 win over Jiangsu FC in China.
Skipper Morishige opened the scoring after 30 minutes at the Olympic Sports Center in Nanjing before netting the winner with seven minutes remaining after a penalty from Brazilian Jo had equalised for Jiangsu shortly after FC Tokyo had taken the lead.
The FC Tokyo captain also completed 25 of 35 attempted passes to attract a rating of 8.4 to top the table ahead of Al Ain’s Brazilian striker Douglas.
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Douglas also scored twice this week as Al Ain from the United Arab Emirates recorded a 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli in Jeddah as the inaugural AFC Champions League winners moved up to second place in Group D.
The Brazilian also completed 13 of 15 passes attempted and won three duels giving him a rating of 7.8 following his performance at King Abdullah Sports City.
Sydney FC midfielder Milos Ninkovic and Shanghai SIPG forward Wu Lei, meanwhile, finished in a tie for third place after they earned a 7.5 rating this week.
Ninkovic scored the only goal as Australia’s Sydney recorded a 1-0 home win over Korea Republic’s Pohang Steelers to remain at the top of Group H, while Wu also found the net as Chinese Super League side Shanghai beat Gamba Osaka 2-0 in Japan to remain in pole position in Group G.
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