Josh Kennedy made it three goals from three J League matches on Saturday night but his club Nagoya Grampus crashed to a 2-1 loss at bottom club Oita Trinita.The Australian international, who has proved a big hit in Nagoya since signing with the club in early July, opened the scoring on 26 minutes before Oita produced a stunning finish with two goals late in the game.
Kennedy was in the right place at the right time for the opener, after Naoshi Nakamura's shot was blocked by an Oita defender into the Australian's path with the goal at his mercy and the Socceroo made the most of the chance.
After a season in the German Bundesliga where he scored just 2 goals all campaign, Kennedy's latest strike made it an incredible three in three J.League outings for his new club.
Magnum had a chance to seal the points for midtable Nagoya before the J.League strugglers struck late with half-time substitute Daiki Takamatsu diving to head home the equaliser.
Then two minutes into injury-time Nagoya conceded again with Oita defender Keigo Higashi grabbing the winner with a looped shot over Japanese international stopper Seigo Narazaki.
The result drops Nagoya down to 10th, whilst giving Oita a welcome boost as they move to within six points of their nearest rivals at the bottom, Kashiwa Reysol.
Elsewhere, Eddy Bosnar wasn't in the JEF United Chiba side which lost 3-2 at Jubilo Iwata. United recently sacked their Scottish coach Alex Miller and this was their first match under new boss Atsuhiko Ejiri.
JEF United are in deep relegation trouble as they currently occupy 16th spot, which is in the drop zone.
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