Ryota Oshima's first goal in the Asian Champions League gave Kawasaki Frontale a much-needed 2-1 win over Western Sydney Wanderers in Group H on Tuesday.
Labinot Haliti opened the scoring for Western Sydney shortly before the break, but captain Kengo Nakamura leveled for the hosts on the other side of halftime before Oshima won it in the dying minutes from 25 meters out at Todoroki Stadium.
Kawasaki, on six points with two games to play, is one behind South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai, who were away to China's Guizhou Renhe in a later match. Wanderers are ahead of Frontale on total goals scored.