
Domestic Leagues
Kyogo Furuhashi continued his fine form for Celtic as the Japanese international opened the scoring in their 4-1 win over Hearts.
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England: Mitoma strikes as Brighton stay hot
Japanese midfielder Kaoru Mitoma scored his side's second goal as Brighton defeated Bournemouth to continue their fine start to the season on Saturday.
Joao Pedro opened the scoring for Brighton in the fourth minute with Mitoma doubling their advantage four minutes into the second half.
David Brooks pulled one back for Bournemouth in stoppage time as Brighton moved up to 22 points, level with Chelsea and Arsenal.
Son Heung-min was at the top of his game as Tottenham Hotspur ended Manchester City's 52-match unbeaten home run with a stunning 4-0 victory on Saturday.
James Maddison opened the scoring for Ange Postecoglou's side in the 13th minute with Son then providing a reverse pass for the midfielder to double Tottenham's lead seven minutes later.
Pedro Porro netted shortly after the break and Brennan Johnson added a fourth deep in added time as Spurs moved up to 19 points, just four behind City.
Wataru Endo made a cameo appearance for Liverpool in their 3-2 win over Southampton, with the Japanese international going on in the 90th minute for Darwin Nunez. His compatriot Yukinari Sugawara replaced Ryan Fraser for Southampton in the 77th minute.
Australia's Cam Burgess played the full match while Iraqi forward Ali Al-Hamadi came on in the 81st minute for Ipswich in their 1-1 draw with Manchester United on Sunday.
Korea Republic forward Hwang Hee-chan came on in the 90th minute as Wolverhampton Wanderers came from behind to defeat Fulham 4-1, with the victory taking them out of the relegation zone.
Spain: Kubo's Sociedad suffer defeat
Japanese forward Takefusa Kubo came off in the 60th minute as Real Sociedad suffered a 1-0 defeat to Athletic Club.
The loss kept Sociedad on 18 points, 16 adrift of La Liga pacesetters Barcelona.
Italy: Abdulhamid's Roma, Suzuki's Parma beaten
Saud Abdulhamid went on as a 78th minute substitute for Zeki Celik in Roma's 1-0 defeat to Napoli, with the result leaving the Saudi Arabian defender's side on 13 points.
Zion Suzuki's Parma were also on the receiving end of a defeat as the Japanese's goalkeeper's side fell 3-1 to Atalanta to stay on 12 points.
Germany: Lee on the mark for Mainz 05
Lee Jae-sung scored the third as Mainz 05 defeated Holstein Kiel 3-0 in their Bundesliga clash, with the result moving the Korea Republic international's side to eighth in the standings on 16 points.
Kim Min-jae put in another solid shift as a Harry Kane hat-trick powered Bayern Munich to a 3-0 win over Augsburg, with the result keeping them six points ahead at the top of the table.
Japanese defender Kou Itakura featured for the duration in Borussia Monchengladbach's 2-0 win over St Pauli, who had Australian international Jackson Irvine in their lineup.
Japan's Kaishu Sano played the full match for Mainz 05 while his compatriot Shuta Machino started for Holstein, who are second from bottom on five points.
Ritsu Doan's Freiburg suffered a 4-0 defeat against Borussia Dortmund, with the Japanese international coming off in the 73rd minute.
Japanese midfielder Koji Miyoshi went on in the 73rd minute as VfL Bochum fell 2-0 to VfB Stuttgart while Korea Republic's Jeong Woo-yeong also couldn't alter his side's fate after going on as Union Berlin went down 1-0 to Wolfsburg.
France: Kang-in's PSG firmly in control
Lee Kang-in went on in the 60th minute as Paris Saint-Germain maintained their six-point lead at the top of Ligue 1 with a 3-0 win over Toulouse.
Japanese duo Junya Ito and Keito Nakamura had to settle for a point as Reims were held 1-1 by Lyon.
Mousa Tamari played the full match as Montpellier suffered a 1-0 defeat to Saint-Etienne, with the Jordan forward receiving a caution in the 56th minute.
Netherlands: In-beom's Feyenoord triumph
Hwang In-beom featured for 67 minutes in Feyenoord's 3-0 win over SC Heerenveen, with the win keeping them fourth in the standings on 28 points, eight behind leaders PSV Eindhoven.
Australia's Max Balard played a full game for NAC Breda and assisted the first goal in a 2-2 draw with Willem II.
Japan's Shunsuke Mito went on in the 67th minute but could not prevent his Sparta Rotterdam side from going down 2-1 against AZ Alkmaar.
Neither could his compatriot Kodai Sano, who played the duration in NEC Nijmegen's 2-1 loss against FC Utrecht.
Scotland: Furuhashi sparks Celtic win
Kyogo Furuhashi opened the scoring in the 55th minute as Celtic defeated Hearts 4-1.
The victory meant the defending champions - who also had Furuhashi's Japanese compatriots Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate in their starting lineup - pulled three points clear at the top after Aberdeen suffered a 2-1 defeat against St. Mirren.
Australians Kye Rowles played a full game for Hearts while Cameron Devlin put in 79 minutes.
Josh Nisbet featured for the full game and scored the winner for Ross County in a 2-1 win over Motherwell, who had Nisbet's Australian compatriot Apostolos Stamatelopoulos in the lineup.
Australians Lewis Miller and Martin Boyle came off the bench in the 34th and 67th minutes as Hibernian fell 4-1 against Dundee.
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