Pakistan, April 27 -- Japan forward Ayase Ueda hit a brace to take his season's tally to 25 goals in the Dutch Eredivisie during Feyenoord's 3-1 home win over Groningen on Saturday, while Kaishu Sano had an assist as Mainz lost 4-3 to Bayern Munich in Germany.

Ueda, Eredivisie's leading goal scorer, buried a 22nd-minute penalty for a 2-0 lead at De Kuip before making a swift turn at the edge of the box and side-footing the ball into the right-bottom corner in the 67th minute to stretch their lead. "I'm always looking for a chance to create space in front of the goal and shoot. I think things clicked well," said Ueda after helping second-placed Feyenoord end their three-game run of draws and stay in the hunt for automatic qualification to...