New Delhi: Brighton and Hove Albion’s Kaoru Mitoma has become the highest ever Japanese goal scorer in the Premier League as he goes past Shinji Okazaki. In Brighton’s previous game, Mitoma had equalled Okazaki who had scored 14 goals in the competition. The former Premier League winner spent four seasons with Leicester and quite frankly, he was one of the performers who did his job silently and had his part in the Foxes’ unforgettable title winning season.
Now with a total of 15 goals to his name, Mitoma has already made history in the toughest league in the world. He had a top performance against United, where he also assisted the first goal for the Seagulls, that was eventualy scored by Minteh.
Kaoru Mitoma has a goal and an assist at Old Trafford.
He’s now the highest Japanese scorer in Premier League history with 15 goals 🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/z9RmeMn9qO
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It was just moments after Brighton saw their second goal getting ruled out after VAR judged a a foul by Van Hecke inside the United box after Joao Pedro had found the back of the net. The ball was moved wide to Minteh, who clipped it up to the far post where Mitoma was lurking in. Although Mazraoui and Mitoma were both contesting it, the Seagulls’ winger made the crucial contact and collided with the upright to turn the ball home and give Brighton the lead in the hour mark.
He was heavily involved in each of Brighton’s forward plays, proving himself yet again to be one of their most important players on the pitch. The Japanese international scored his 18th goal for the club and his 2024/25 tally suggests that now he has eight goal contributions in the league. After a rather underwhelming 2023/24 campaign, he is finally kicking in and getting back to the version that the fans witnessed in his debut season for the Seagulls, where he scored 10 in all competitions and also assisted seven.
Matchday 22 saw yet another Premier League record being broken by Brighton’s Japanese star, Kaoru Mitoma after he scored against Manchester United to guide his side to a win. Football Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
