Urawa Reds stayed neck-and-neck with Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the race for the J. League overall points title after a rip-roaring 4-3 win over FC Tokyo on Saturday.

Urawa, which went into the game trailing Sanfrecce only on goal difference at the top of the table, took an early two-goal lead through Yosuke Kashiwagi and Yuki Muto before Keigo Higashi pulled one back for Tokyo minutes later.

Further goals from Takahiro Sekine and Tomoaki Makino either side of halftime appeared to put Urawa in total control, but a double from Tokyo's Hideto Takahashi set up a nervy finish in front of 38,952 at Ajinomoto Stadium.