Mu Kanazaki struck twice as Kashima Antlers advanced to the quarterfinals of the Emperor's Cup with a 4-2 win over bitter J. League rivals Urawa Reds on Wednesday night.
Kanazaki, whose brace in the second leg of the J. League championship final against Reds earned Antlers a record eighth league title last year, tapped home an easy first in Kumagaya and added his second from the penalty spot.
Goals from Zlatan Ljubijankic and Yuki Muto pulled Reds level, but Atsutaka Nakamura put Kashima back in front before Shoma Doi's header sealed the victory in the dying stages.