At 23 p.m. Beijing time on November 5, in the 15th round of the Premier League, Brighton won 3-2 away at Wolves. Brighton's Japanese Kaoru Mikasa scored his first Premier League career goal in the tournament and forced Semedo off with a sharp breakthrough.
Kaoru Mikasa made his debut in this game. In the 43rd minute, Kaoru Mikasa received a cross from Lala and headed it out. In first-half stoppage time, Kaoru Mikasa broke through on the wing, and Semedo, as the last defender, knocked Kaoru Mikasa and was sent off with a red card by the referee.
Heading into the 83rd minute, Kaoru Mikasa crossed backwards after breaking down the left and Gross volleyed through. Kaoru Mikasa helped the team seal the victory.
After scoring his first Premier League goal, Kaoru Mikasa also became the eighth Japanese player in Premier League history to score, along with Shinji Okazaki, Shinji Kagawa, Maya Yoshida, Junichi Inamoto, Hidetoshi Nakata, Yoshiki Muto and Takumi Minamino.
Kaoru Mikasa has also been named in the 26-man squad for the Japanese national team for the World Cup in Qatar, and he will wear the number 9 shirt.