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Europe Wrap: Furuhashi, Iqbal shine for Celtic, Utrecht
Kuala Lumpur: Japan's Kyogo Furuhashi played his part as Celtic maintained a tight grip on the Scottish Premiership title race.
Iraq's Zidane Iqbal was among the goals as FC Utrecht kept their Dutch title hopes alive. The-AFC.com takes a look at how the Asian contingent fared over the weekend across selected European leagues.

Scotland: Furuhashi on the mark
Kyogo Furuhashi scored the third as Celtic cruised to a 3-0 win over Hibernian, who had Australia's Lewis Miller and Martin Boyle in their ranks.

Victory took Celtic to 43 points, nine clear of Aberdeen who have played a match more.
Another Australian Apostolos Stamatelopoulos played 77 minutes for Motherwell in a 1-0 win over St Mirren while Kye Rowles and Cameron Devlin played full games for Heart of Midlothian as they beat Dundee 2-0.

Australia's Josh Nisbet played the full game for Ross County in a 3-0 loss to Rangers while Ryan Strain also played the duration for Dundee United in a 1-1 draw with Kilmarnock.

Netherlands: Iqbal nets in FC Utrecht triumph
Iraq's Zidane Iqbal scored the second as FC Utrecht defeated Almere City FC 3-1 in the Dutch Eredivisie, with the victory keeping them second behind PSV Eindhoven.
Japanese defender Seiya Maikuma came off almost at the end in AZ Alkmaar's 2-1 win over Ajax Amsterdam while Islamic Republic of Iran's Alirez Jahanbakhsh featured for 85 minutes in SC Heerenveen's 2-1 win against Willem II.

Korea Republic's Hwang In-beom put in a full shift in Feyenoord's 3-2 defeat of RKC Waalwijk while Japan's Koki Ogawa and Kodai Sano's NEC Nijmegen suffered a 5-0 loss against Go Ahead Eagles.

England: Mitoma's Brighton held
Kaoru Mitoma's Brighton had to be satisfied with a point after Leicester City fought back from two goals down to force a 2-2 draw, which came on the back of their 3-1 defeat to Fulham in midweek.
Son Heung-min scored a stoppage time consolation as Tottenham Hotspur relinquished a 2-0 lead to lose 4-3 to Chelsea on Sunday, with the result leaving them on 20 points.

Australia's Cam Burgess played another full game and assisted in Ipswich Town's 2-1 loss to Bournemouth on Sunday.

Despite the disappointing result, Burgess put in another solid showing and expertly set up teammate Conor Chaplin with a clever cut-back for Ipswich's goal.

Spain: Kubo plays part in Real Sociedad win
Takefusa Kubo played for 78 minutes as Real Sociedad cruised to a 3-0 win over Leganes.

The result moved Sociedad to 24 points as they stayed in sight of the European qualification spots.
Japanese forward Takuma Asano came in the 84th minute in Mallorca's 2-0 defeat to Celta Vigo.

Italy: Abdulhamid features in Roma super show
Saudi Arabia's Saud Abdulhamid went on as 23rd minute substitute for Zeki Celik in Roma's impressive 4-1 win over Lecce, with the victory taking them up to 16 points and well clear of the relegation zone.
Japanese custodian Zion Suzuki shipped in three goals as Parma suffered a 3-1 defeat against Inter Milan, who had Islamic Republic of Iran international Mehdi Taremi on the bench.

Germany: Min-jae rock solid as Bayern stay hot
Kim Min-jae put in another solid shift as Bayern Munich defeated FC Heidenheim 4-2 to sit six points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.
Ritsu Doan played the entire match as Freiburg shared a 1-1 draw with Hoffenheim.

Korea Republic's Lee Jae-sung and Japan's Kaishu Sano had to accept defeat as Mainz 05 fell 4-3 to Wolfsburg. Hong Hyeon-seok also made a cameo appearance for Mainz, with the Korea Republic midfielder going on in the 84th minute.

Japanese defender Kou Itakura was part of the Borussia Monchengladbach side who drew 1-1 with Borussia Dortmund while Australia's Jackson Irvine played another full game for St Pauli as they lost 2-1 to Bayer Leverkusen.
Forward Shuto Machino came off in the 80th minute as his Holstein Kiel side suffered a 2-0 home defeat against RB Leipzig while his Japanese compatriot Koji Miyoshi's Vfl Bochum were edged 1-0 by Werder Bremen.

Korea Republic midfielder Jeong Woo-yeong also suffered defeat, with Union Berlin going 3-2 down to VfB Stuttgart.

France: Kang-in's PSG held
Lee Kang-in was replaced in the 67th minute as Paris Saint-Germain were held to a goalless draw by Auxerre, with the result narrowing their lead at the top of Ligue 1 to five points.
Takumi Minamino was on the pitch for 79 minutes in Monaco's 2-0 win over Toulouse, who had Australia's Denis Genreau on the bench.

Japanese duo Keito Nakamura and Junya Ito had to be satisfied with a point after Reims were held 0-0 by Strasbourg.

Mousa Tamari's Montpellier suffered a 2-0 defeat to Lens, with the Jordanian international playing the full match.

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