Mary Fowler was influential for Manchester City in the Women’s Super League as the Matildas star scored and provided an assist to defeat Brighton & Hove Albion 4-1, while Iraq’s Ali Al Hamadi struck a brace for promotion-chasing Ipswich Town in the English second tier.
Hwang In-beom contributed a goal and assist for Red Star Belgrade in Serbia, Iranian striker Ali Alipour was on target in Portugal and Yuito Suzuki bagged a hat-trick in Denmark, so join the-AFC.com as we find out how the Asian stars performed in Europe over the past week.
France: Ito strikes winner for Reims
Japanese winger Junya Ito raced into the box, checked his run to make space and produced a brilliant finish in the 79th minute to give Reims a 2-1 win against Metz in Ligue 1 on Sunday. The 31-year-old has accounted for three goals and five assists in the French top division this season.
Lee Kang-in netted a fabulous left-foot strike into the top corner as leaders Paris Saint-Germain defeated Mousa Al Tamari’s Montpellier 6-2 to take a 12-point lead at the top while he also started in the 3-1 win against Nice that took PSG to the French Cup semi-finals earlier in the week.
England: Fowler shines in City victory
Mary Fowler bagged a goal and an assist as Manchester City moved level on points with Women’s Super League champions Chelsea at the top after a 4-1 win against Brighton for whom Lee Geum-min scored on Sunday. Yui Hasegawa also contributed an assist for the winners who next welcome Manchester United.
Wataru Endo started in midfield for Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool as they beat Sparta Prague 6-1 to complete an 11-2 aggregate win in their UEFA Europa League last 16 tie on Thursday, but saw his side suffer a 4-3 defeat to United in the FA Cup quarter-finals on Sunday.
Iraq striker Ali Al Hamadi came off the bench to score twice as Ipswich Town beat Sheffield Wednesday 6-0 to move one point behind Leeds United and Leicester City at the top of the Championship. Socceroos attacking midfielder Riley McGree also netted in the second tier as Middlesbrough edged Birmingham City 1-0.
Germany: Doan nets against leaders
A Ritsu Doan goal helped SC Freiburg cancel out Florian Wirtz’s early opener for Bayer Leverkusen but it was Xabi Alonso’s Bundesliga leaders who came out on top with a 3-2 win on Sunday that helped them maintain a 10-point advantage over defending champions Bayern Munich.
Lee Jae-sung bagged an assist in Mainz’s crucial 2-0 win against Takuma Asano’s VfL Bochum on Saturday that helped them climb to the relegation playoff spot.
In the German second division, Takashi Uchino and Ao Tanaka were on target as Fortuna Dusseldorf defeated Osnabruck 4-0 while Shuto Machino bagged the opener in Holstein Kiel’s 2-0 win over SV Elversberg.
Spain: Ito’s late leveller for Huelva
Japanese midfielder Miku Ito struck an equaliser from the penalty spot with five minutes remaining as bottom side Sporting Huelva held third-placed Levante to a 1-1 in Liga F on Saturday. Hayley Raso, meanwhile, was a substitute in Real Madrid’s 1-0 win against Eibar.
Takefusa Kubo’s quick corner, meanwhile, led to Real Sociedad’s opening goal in a 2-0 win against Syria defender Aiham Ousou’s Cadiz in La Liga on Friday as the Basque side, who sit sixth, continue to push for a place in Europe.
Scotland: Furuhashi sends Celtic to top
Kyogo Furuhashi found the breakthrough for Celtic in a 3-1 defeat of St Johnstone on Saturday that sent the holders top of the Scottish Premiership to lead arch-rivals Rangers by one point. Furuhashi, who took his goals tally to double digits for the third straight season in Scotland with the strike, also bagged an assist in the win.
Yutaro Oda came off the bench to score a 91st-minute goal which was not enough to stop Hearts from falling to a 2-1 defeat to Ross County, while Nectarios Triantis started for Hibernian as they overcame Livingston 3-0 to go six games unbeaten.
Netherlands: Sugawara brace in AZ win
Japan full-back Yukinari Sugawara scored twice and Australia goalkeeper Mathew Ryan kept a clean sheet as AZ Alkmaar defeated bottom side FC Volendam 4-0 in the Eredivisie on Sunday. Sugawara, who scored his first goal of the season just earlier this month, has been involved in a goal in each of his last three outings.
His Samurai Blue teammate Ayase Ueda was the matchwinner, scoring in the 88th minute to help second-placed Feyenoord defeat Heerenveen 3-2, while Koki Saito provided an assist and Shunsuke Mito started in Sparta Rotterdam’s 2-2 draw with Ajax.
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