Domestic Leagues
Mitoma's Japanese compatriot Ritsu Doan was among the scorers in Freiburg's 3-1 win against Borussia Monchengladbach while there were stand out performances from several other Asian stars across Europe this past week as the-AFC.com finds out in our weekly wrap of Europe's top divisions.
England: Mitoma nets as move into fourth
Kaoru Mitoma gave Brighton the lead but they had to ultimately settle for a share of the points against Southampton.
Japanese international Mitoma netted in the 29th minute, with Flynn Downes equalising in the 59th minute as Brighton moved up to fourth on 23 points.
Son Heung-min's Tottenham Hotspur had to settle for a share of the points after a 1-1 draw with Fulham.
Korea Republic star Son played the entire match, with Spurs taking the lead through Brennan Johnson in the 54th minute only for Fulham to equalise through Tom Cairney in the 67th minute with the midfielder then sent off in the 83rd minute.
Hwang Hee-chan came on in the 82nd minute for Andre as Wolverhampton Wanderers suffered a 4-2 defeat to Bournemouth, with the result leaving them on nine points and in the relegation zone.
Australia's Cameron Burgess played his sixth consecutive match as Ipswich Town lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest.
Spain: Kubo's Sociedad back on song
Takefusa Kubo put in a full shift as Real Sociedad returned to winning ways with a 2-0 defeat of Real Betis.
It was Sociedad's sixth win of the season as they moved up to 21 points and ninth in the standings - 13 points behind pacesetters Barcelona.
Italy: Suzuki's Parma on the move
Japanese custodian Zion Suzuki's Parma defeated Lazio 3-1 to move up to 11th spot with 15 points.
It was Parma's third win of the season and they sit four points clear of the Serie A relegation zone.
Germany: Kim's Bayern held
Kim Min-jae was replaced in the 80th minute as Bayern Munich were held 1-1 by Borussia Dortmund in their Bundesliga tie.
Korea Republic international Kim was Bayern's hero in the midweek UEFA Champions League win against Paris Saint-Germain, with the centre-back netting the only goal of the game.
Japanese midfielder Ritsu Doan scored the second goal in Freiburg's 3-1 win against Borussia Monchengladbach, who had Kou Itakura in their starting lineup.
Australia's Jackson Irvine played a full game for St Pauli as they beat Holstein Kiel 3-1 to rise out of the relegation places to 15th. Japan's Shuto Machino went on for Kiel in the 59th minute.
Japanese midfielder Koji Miyoshi went on in the 59th minute as his VfL Bochum suffered a 1-0 defeat to Augsburg.
Korea Republic's Jeong Woo-yeong scored but it wasn't enough as Union Berlin went down 2-1 to Bayer Leverkusen.
France: Kang-in's PSG held
Korea Republic star Lee Kang-in played for 73 minutes as Paris Saint-Germain were held 1-1 by Nantes.
The result, however, didn't affect PSG's position as they moved to 33 points, seven clear of Marseille and AS Monaco.
Marseille defeated Monaco 2-1, with Takumi Minamino coming on for the latter side in the 68th minute.
Japanese duo Junya Ito and Keito Nakamura were on the receiving end of a defeat as Reims fell 2-0 against Lens.
Mousa Tamari's Montpellier had to be satisfied with a 2-2 draw against Lille, with the Jordanian star playing the entire match as his team remained rooted at the bottom of the table on eight points.
Netherlands: Maikuma's Alkmaar triumph
Seiya Maikuma featured for the entire match in AZ Alkmaar's 1-0 win over Heracles as they stayed sixth on 23 points.
Koki Ogawa and Kodai Sano started while Japanese compatriot Kento Shiogai came on as a substitute in NEC Nijmegen's 2-1 defeat to Ajax Amsterdam.
Australia's Max Balard played all of NAC Breda’s 1-0 win against Almere City, with victory moving them to seventh on 19 points while Japan's Shunsuke Mito went on in the 66th minute as Sparta Rotterdam suffered a 1-0 defeat to PEC Zwolle.
Hwang In-beom featured for 87th minutes as the Korea Republic international's Feyenoord drew 1-1 with Fortuna Sittard.
Alireza Jahanbaksh played for 78 minutes as the Islamic Republic of Iran international's SC Heerenveen drew 1-1 with RKC Waalwijk.
Scotland: Asian trio shine for Celtic
Daizen Maeda started while Korea Republic's Yang Hyun-jun replaced the Japanese forward in Celtic's 5-0 win over Ross County.
Maeda's counterpart Reo Hatate went on in the 70th minute as Celtic moved four points clear of Aberdeen at the top. Australian Josh Nisbet featured for Ross County.
Australia's Cameron Devlin and Kye Rowles featured as Hearts held Aberdeen 1-1 while Apostolos Stamatelopoulos played the first half of Motherwell’s 3-0 loss to Hibernian. Martin Boyle came on in the 82nd minute for Hibs while Lewis Miller played from the 89th minute.
Photo: AFP
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