Shinnosuke Nakatani and Jakub Swierczok continued their goal-scoring form, sending Nagoya Grampus to a 2-1 home win over second-place Yokohama F. Marinos in the J. League first division on Saturday.
Poland's Euro 2020 member Swierczok, who grabbed a hat trick in Tuesday's 4-2 win over Daegu FC in the Asian Champions League, doubled the lead against F. Marinos at Toyota Stadium. Center back Nakatani, who joined Swierczok on Tuesday's scoresheet, opened the scoring in the 12th minute.
Kenyu Sugimoto halved the deficit for the visitors in the 72nd minute but Grampus, Japan's only side to reach the ACL's last eight, held on to make it five wins and a draw in their last six league games to move up to third.