Japan international Yuki Muto scored and assisted against his former club as Urawa Reds rolled to their third straight victory with a 3-1 win over Vegalta Sendai in the J. League second stage on Saturday.

Muto, one of the few bright spots for Japan's failed East Asian Cup campaign earlier this month, netted the decisive second for Mihailo Petrovic's first-stage winners and set up a late third for substitute Zlatan Ljubijankic.

Reds' Yosuke Kashiwagi opened the scoring early before Ryang Yong-gi wiped out the lead midway through the first half for Sendai, who fell to its fifth defeat in six games.