Harambee Stars striker Michael Olunga was on target as Kashiwa Reysol stunned Vegalta Sendai in the rescheduled Japanese Top League match played at Yurtec Stadium Sendai.
Reysol won the match 2-0 with Olunga scoring a goal, accumulating to 26 goals and is on course to not only clinch the Golden Boot.
Olunga who Brazilian Cristiano for the opening goal in the 21st minute and then got onto the score sheet in the 59th minute.
With his latest goal, Olunga has restored the nine-goal gap between him and his closest rival in the top scorer’s race, Brazilian Everaldo of Kashima Antlers. Everaldo had cut the gap to eight in Kashima’s 4-0 demolition of Urawa Red Diamonds on November 29.
As a result of picking maximum points from Vegalta, Kashiwa now climbs to eighth on the log with 47 points from 29 matches.
Next up for Kashiwa is an away fixture against third-ranked Nagoya Grampus on December 5. Nelsinho’s men will also face 11th-placed Oita Trinita (December 9), fifth-ranked Cerezo Osaka (December 12), seventh-placed Sanfrecce Hiroshima (December 16), before wrapping up their league season against champions Kawasaki Frontale (December 19).