J-. League leading scorer Washington and Yuichiro Nagai struck late in each half Sunday to help Urawa Reds beat crosstown rivals Omiya Ardija 2-0 and move back into third place in the first division.
Atsushi Yanagisawa (left) of the Kashima Antlers competes for the ball with Kyoto Purple Sanga's Arata
Kodama during Sunday's J. League match at Kashima Stadium.
KYODO PHOTOWashington netted his 16th goal of the season on the stroke of halftime and Nagai added an injury-time strike on a counterattack after Urawa soaked up second-half pressure from the home side.
Guido Buchwald's side moved onto 46 points from 22 league matches, three adrift of Gamba Osaka and one behind Kawasaki Frontale, while Omiya are in ninth on 30 points. Gamba beat Cerezo Osaka 3-1 and Kawasaki edged Yokohama F Marinos 2-1 on Saturday.