Urawa Reds moved to the top of the J. League after first-half goals from Washington and Shinji Ono gave the Saitama outfit a straightforward 2-0 victory over Kashiwa Reysol on Sunday in front of 35,000 at Tokyo's National Stadium.

News photoUrawa Reds midfielder Shinji Ono celebrates scoring his team's second goal in the 38th minute during Sunday's J. League first-division match against Kashiwa Reysol at National Stadium in Tokyo. Reds won 2-0. KYODO PHOTO

Washington's diving header on 27 minutes and Ono's side-foot finish 11 minutes later were just reward for the Reds after a solid period of pressure in the latter stages of the opening period. With the game wrapped up, the second half wasn't pretty to look at as Urawa easily repelled the limp Reysol attack.