(Video) Minamino bags glorious goal for Japan after great build-up play

Liverpool forward Takumi Minamino helped Japan overcome Tajikistan on Monday afternoon.

The Samurai Blue were in World Cup qualifier action as they dispatched their opponents with relative ease, registering a 4-1 score-line.

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Minamino finished off a close-range effort after some lovely build-up play by his team-mates down the right flank.

It takes the Liverpool star to 16 international goals, and remarkably four in four for 2021 after a difficult 2020.

Take a look at Taki’s goal below – via NHK.