BERLIN (AP) — Japan midfielder Yuito Suzuki scored his first Bundesliga goal to help Freiburg beat St. Pauli 2-1 on Sunday.

The 24-year-old Suzuki, who joined Freiburg from Danish team Brøndby in the offseason, struck five minutes before the break after he intercepted St. Pauli goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj’s attempted clearance of a corner.

Maximilian Eggestein made it 2-0 from close range five minutes after the break, before a goal from St. Pauli’s Louis Oppie against the run of play in the 69th set up a heated finale.

Jackson Irvine went close for the visitors late on, but couldn’t prevent the promoted team’s seventh straight league defeat.

Eintracht Frankfurt was hosting Mainz for a local derby later, after Stuttgart played visiting Augsburg.

Union Berlin ended Bayern Munich’s 16-game

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