Substitute Masafumi Maeda scored the 10,000th goal in the J. League first division in Gamba Osaka's 3-1 win over Nagoya Grampus Eight as runaway leaders Kashima Antlers went 10 points clear at the top of the table with a last-gasp 2-1 win over Tokyo Verdy on Sunday.
A first-half header from midfielder Chikashi Masuda put Kashima in front at Kashima Stadium but Verdy's Brazilian striker Washington scrambled home his ninth goal of the season six minutes from time to tie it.
However, substitute Yuzo Tashiro snatched the winner in stoppage time, driving home after Mitsuo Ogasawara's penalty had come back off the post with Washington in goal in place of Yoshinari Takagi, who was sent off for tripping Ogasawara to concede the spot kick.