It's been nearly 16 years since FC Tokyo beat hated rival Urawa Reds at Saitama Stadium.
It will have to wait another year to end that streak after Ryota Moriwaki's equalizer at the death canceled out Diego Oliveira's header in a 1-1 draw on Saturday in front of 39,055 fans at the former World Cup venue.
In the first round of J. League action since the recent international break, the Reds entered the game hoping to maintain their good form following two straight wins at Matsumoto Yamaga and Cerezo Osaka in the third and fourth rounds. Tokyo, meanwhile, sought to maintain its spot atop the nascent first-division standings, having claimed 10 out of a possible 12 points from its first four games.