England: Endo’s Reds in second loss
Japan international captain Wataru Endo came on four minutes before the end of regulation time for champions Liverpool as they crashed 2-1 to Chelsea in their second straight English Premier League loss. 

 

Leeds United’s Japan international Ao Tanaka featured from the 67th minute in their 2-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur.

Tanaka’s fellow international Daichi Kamada was on for 82 minutes in Crystal Palace’s 2-1 loss to Everton, which ended his side’s club record of 19 unbeaten matches.

 

Korea Republic international Hwang Hee-chan featured for 60 minutes in Wolves’ 1-1 draw with Brighton.

Scotland: Goals for Maeda, Stamatelopoulos
Celtic’s Japan international Daizen Maeda headed home the winner two minutes into stoppage time in their 3-2 win over Motherwell, whose goals came from Australian international Apostolos Stamatelopoulos in the 40th and 56th minutes.

The Premiership champions also started Maeda’s fellow international Reo Hatate while Stamatelopoulos’ fellow international Johnny Koutroumbis played 68 minutes for Motherwell.

Australia’s Zachary Sapsford featured in full for Dundee United in their 1-1 stalemate with Livingstone, who sent in his countryman Tete Yengi in the 37th minute.

St Mirren’s Australia international Keanu Baccus came on after the break in their 2-0 loss to Kilmarnock.

Baccus’ fellow international Cameron Devlin played the full match in Hearts’ 1-0 win over Hibernian, who played his fellow international Martin Boyle and countryman Jack Iredale for 90 minutes. 

Germany: Sugawara’s Bremen in narrow win
Werder Bremen’s Japan international Yukinari Sugawara featured in full in their 1-0 win over St Pauli, who started Sugawara’s compatriot Joel Fujita and sent in Australia international Connor Metcalfe in the 71st minute.

Korea Republic midfielder Jeong Woo-yeong played 64 minutes for Union Berlin in their 2-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen.

Eintracht Frankfurt’s Japan international Ritsu Doan was on for 90 minutes in their 3-0 loss to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich. 

 

Mainz 05’s Japan international midfielder Kaishu Sano and Korea Republic international Lee Jae-sung started in their 4-0 defeat to newly-promoted Hamburger SV.

 

Indonesia's Kevin Diks played a full match while Japan's Shuto Machino featured from the 81st minute in Borussia M’gladbach’s goalless draw with Freiburg.

Netherlands: Ueda brace wins it for Feyenoord
Japan international Ayase Ueda scored in the 20th and 88th minutes as Feyenoord beat Utrecht 3-2. He played the full match alongside fellow international Tsuyoshi Watanabe and Australia's Jordan Bos while Korea Republic's Hwang In-Beom came on in the 70th minute. Iraq's Zidane Iqbal played the first half for Utrecht.

 

Indonesia's Dean James, who assisted both Go Ahead Eagles’ goals in their 2-1 UEFA Europe League win over Panathinaikos, played 88 minutes in their 1-1 Eredivisie stalemate with NEC Nijmegen, who used Japan's Koki Ogawa and Kodai Sano for the full match.

France: First stalemate of the season for Lee’s PSG
Korea Republic midfielder Lee Kang-in featured a full 90 minutes for Ligue 1 champions Paris St-Germain as they were held to a 1-1 stalemate with Lille. 

 

Nantes’ Korea Republic internationals Kwon Hyeok-kyu and Hong Hyeon-seok started in their goalless draw with Brest.

Japan's Ayumu Seko played a full match in Le Havre’s 1-1 draw with Rennes, who sent in Jordan's Mousa Al Tamari on the dot of regulation.

 

Monaco’s Japanese midfielder Takumi Minamino was on for 70 minutes in their 2-2 draw with Nice.

Italy: Joy, despair for Suzuki’s Parma
Parma’s Japan international custodian Zion Suzuki conceded a goal in their 2-1 Serie A win over Torino while teammate and Australian international Alessandro Circati played a full match. Suzuki and Circati were also involved in their following 1-0 loss to Lecce.

Sassuolo’s Indonesia national team captain Jay Idzes played a full match in their 1-0 win over Hellas Verona.

Spain: Another clean sheet for Ryan
Levante keeper and Australia captain Mathew Ryan kept a clean sheet in their 2-0 win over Real Oviedo in the La Liga.

Japanese forward Takefusa Kubo came on in the 61st minute in Real Sociedad’s 1-0 loss to Rayo Vallecano.

Belgium: Ito strikes again
Japan's Atsuki Ito claimed his second goal in two Belgian Pro League matches when he struck in the ninth minute in Gent’s 2-1 win over Sporting Charleroi, who featured their captain and Syria international Aiham Ousou for the full match. 

 

Sint-Truiden’s captain and Japan international Shogo Taniguchi scored an own goal in their 3-1 win over Mechelen. His countryman and teammate Keisuke Goto netted their second goal in the 87th minute with an assist from Japan U23 star Rihito Yamamoto.

 

Japan’s Leo Kokubo and Taiga Hata played the full match for Sint-Truiden while countryman Kaito Matsuzawa came on in the 70th minute.

Another Japan international, Yuto Tsunashima, started for Antwerp in their 1-1 draw with Cercle Brugge. Uzbekistan's Mukhammadali Urinboev came on in the 65th minute and Saudi Arabia's Marwan Al Sahafi in the 80th for the winners.

 

Genk’s Korea Republic star Oh Hyeon-gyu came on in the 61st minute while teammate and Japan international Junya Ito stepped in 10 minutes later in their 2-1 win over Dender, who sent on Indonesia's Ragnar Oratmangoen in the 78th minute. 

Japan’s Isa Sakamoto and Islamic Republic of Iran international Allahyar Sayyad featured in Westerlo’s 2-0 win over OH Leuven, who started the Japanese duo of Takahiro Akimoto and Takuma Ominami.

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