Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma claimed his fifth goal of the season for Brighton on Sunday, scoring in the 60th minute in their 3-1 win over Manchester United. He also scored the first earlier in the week in his side’s 2-0 win over Ipswich Town.

Son Heung-min, who holds the record for most goals by an Asian player in the Premier League with 126, scored for Tottenham Hotspur in the 25th minute against Arsenal. The Korea Republic international, however, failed to find the net a second time as his side went down 2-1. He also started in their 3-2 defeat to Everton on Sunday.

His fellow international Hwang Hee-chan started for Wolves in their 3-0 defeat by Newcastle United but came off one minute into the second half.

Crystal Palace’s Daichi Kamada came on in the 62th minute in his side’s 2-0 win over Leicester City. The Japan international started the match against West Ham United later in the week, which ended with another 2-0 win for his side.

Japan’s Yukinari Sugawara played the entire match for Southampton in their 3-1 loss to Manchester United, and also started in Sunday’s 3-2 defeat to Nottingham Forest.

Ipswich Town’s Australian international Cameron Burgess started for his side in their 6-0 defeat to Manchester City. His compatriot Massimo Luongo was involved from the 64th minute onwards.

Premiership leaders Celtic drew with Dundee FC 3-3, with Korea Republic Yang Hyun-jun scoring his first goal for the former in the 53rd minute. Japan’s Kyogo Furuhashi, on 10 goals for the season for the defending champions, started the match while compatriot Reo Hatate came on in the 61st minute.

The result leaves Celtic with 60 points, 13 clear of rivals Rangers, who beat Aberdeen 3-0.

Meanwhile in Scottish Cup action, Japan's Daizen Maeda struck a 70th winner to take Celtic past Kilmarnock in the fourth round with a 2-1 win with Hatate and Furuhashi also featuring from the start.

Australia's Martin Boyle grabbed a brace to help Hibernian advance to the next round following a 3-0 success against Clydebank, a game that saw Jack Iredale play from start to finish while Kwon Hyeok-kyu of Korea Republic enjoyed 72 minutes of game time.

Successful cup action also accompanied Australia's Cameron Devlin, who got 87 minutes in Heart's 4-1 win over Brechin.

Reigning Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain stretched their unbeaten run to 18 matches, with Korea Republic international midfielder Lee Kang-in, who has scored six goals this season, starting in their 2-1 defeat of seventh-placed Lens. 

AS Monaco’s Takumi Minamino of Japan played in his side’s 2-1 loss to Montpellier. Reims’ Japanese duo of Keito Nakamura and Junya Ito also started in their 1-1 draw with Le Havre.

Their compatriot Ado Onaiwu came on in the 76th minute in Auxerre’s 2-0 loss to Angers.

Toulouse’s Australian international midfielder Denis Genreau started in their goalless draw against Lyon.

Parma’s Zion Suzuki, the Japan goalkeeper who is being targeted by Manchester United and Chealsea, failed to save a 20th-minute penalty as his side drew 1-1 with Venezia, who fielded Indonesia national team captain Jay Idzes from the start.

Islamic Republic of Iran’s international forward Mehdi Taremi came on in the 74th minute in Inter’s 2-2 draw with Bologna. He started in Inter’s 3-1 win over Empoli later in the week as his side strengthened their second place standing in Serie A.

AS Roma defeated Genoa 3-1, with Uzbekistan’s Eldor Shomurodov involved from the 85th minute.

Indonesian international Calvin Verdonk scored his first goal of the season as NEC Nijmegen beat Fortuna Sittard 4-1. Japan’s Koki Ogawa and Kodai Sano started for Nijmegen, with countryman Kento Shiogai replacing Ogawa in the 86th minute.

PEC Zwolle’s Indonesian international Eliano Reijnders was on the field in their stunning 3-1 win against Eredivisie leaders PSV Eindhoven. The 13th-placed side took the lead as early as the second minute through Filip Krastev, who scored his second in the 38th minute.

Almere City’s Indonesian international Thom Haye played for 89 minutes in his side’s 2-0 defeat of Heracles before being replaced by Adi Nalic.

Iraq international Zidane Iqbal started for FC Utrecht in their goalless draw with AZ Alkmaar, whose Japan international Seiya Makuma also played the full 90 minutes.

Makuma’s fellow international Ayase Ueda, who has scored three times this season, came on one minute before the end of regulation time in Feyenoord’s 1-1 draw with Willem II.

Australian international Max Balard started in Nac Breeda’s 2-1 win over FC Twente.

Iraq’s Hussein Ali and Islamic Republic of Iran’s Alireza Jahanbakhsh both played in SC Heerenveen’s 2-0 loss to second-placed Ajax, who won their fourth consecutive match. 

Sparta Rotterdam’s Shunsuke Mito, who also plays for Japan’s U23 national team, was in action during the full match in his side’s 1-1 draw against RKC Waalwijk.

Real Sociedad’s Japanese international Takefusa Kubo scored in the 51st minute in their 1-0 La Liga win over Villareal to take his tally for the season to four goals.

Kubo came on in the 62nd minute in their following match, a 1-0 loss to Valencia.

SC Freiburg’s Japan international Ritsu Doan opened the scoring in their match against Eintracht Frankfurt in the 37th minute, but it proved their only goal as his side went down 4-1. Doan, who has six goals under his belt, failed to find the net in his side’s next match, a 4-0 loss to VfB Stuttgart. 

A similar storyline unfolded in Borussia Monchengladbach’s 5-1 loss to Vfl Wolfsburg, with Japan’s Shio Fukuda scoring his side’s sole goal one minute before the end of regulation time after coming on in the 70th minute. His compatriot Ko Itakura played the entire match.

Itakura again played in his side’s 3-1 loss to Bayer Leverkusen while Fukuda made his appearance in the 87th minute.

Holstein Kiel’s Japanese international Shuto Machino got his name on the scoresheet in the 27th minute as his side beat Borussia Dortmund 4-2. He was also involved in his side’s 3-1 loss to Hoffenheim later in the week but was substituted in the 61st minute.

Union Berlin’s Korea Republic midfielder Jeong Woo-yeong started their match in their 2-0 loss to Augsburg.

His compatriot Lee Jae-sung and Japanese midfielder Kaishu Sano started in Mainz’s 1-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen, with Lee’s countryman Hong Hyeon-seok replacing him in the 66th minute. Lee and Sano also played the full match in Mainz’s 2-1 defeat of Union Berlin.

Japanese international Koji Miyoshi started the match for Bochum in their 1-0 win over St. Pauli, who had Australian Jackson Irvine playing from the get-go. Irvine also played the full match in their 2-0 win against FC Heidenheim.

Bayern Munich earned a hard-fought 3-2 win against seventh-placed Wolfsburg. The Bundesliga leaders fielded Korea Republic’s Kim Min-jae from the start.