Yoshito Okubo scored one goal and assisted another as Kawasaki Frontale stayed right on the tail of J. League leaders Urawa Reds with a 3-1 victory at red-hot Kashiwa Reysol on Sunday.
Eduardo Neto netted his first goal in Japan for Kawasaki, which improved to 24 points from 11 games, one point behind Urawa which has a game in hand and defeated Omiya Ardija 1-0 away in the Saitama derby.
Shinnosuke Nakatani struck the lone goal for Kashiwa, which stood on 18 points and had its seven-game win streak in all competitions stopped.