Arlington, Texas ¨C Japan came back from a goal down twice to secure ?a 2-2 World Cup draw with the Netherlands on Sunday as Daichi Kamada¡¯s 88th-minute deflection earned Hajime Moriyasu¡¯s side a point in the Group F clash at Dallas Stadium.

The game came to life after a tense opening 45 minutes, with Virgil van Dijk giving the Dutch ?the lead with a pinpoint header in the 51st minute before Keito Nakamura leveled ?six ?minutes later.

But while Crysencio Summerville looked to have won all three ?points for Ronald Koeman¡¯s side with a curling strike in the 64th minute, Japan evened the score again?when Kamada deflected Koki Ogawa¡¯s powerful header into the net.

A relatively uneventful first half ?started promisingly for the Dutch when Donyell Malen forced Zion Suzuki into action, with the Japan goalkeeper ?palming the ball over the bar in the third minute.

That early warning jolted the Japanese into taking control of possession, a move that limited openings ?for both sides.

Hiroki Ito¡¯s defensive work ?denied Malen in the 34th minute and, from the resulting Tijjani Reijnders corner, Suzuki kept out the forward¡¯s header before Shogo ?Taniguchi cleared the ball.

With ?two minutes left in the half, Nakamura almost put Japan ?in front, pulling his shot wide of Bart Verbruggen¡¯s right post having ?been found ?by Ritsu Doan¡¯s searching cross.

Moments later, Ayase Ueda hit the side netting, while Suzuki gathered another Malen header in stoppage time.

The Netherlands made a bright start to the second half, and that was rewarded six minutes later?when ?Van Dijk struck.

Reijnders¡¯ free kick was headed clear by Doan to Frenkie de Jong, and he shuttled possession to Ryan Gravenberch for the Liverpool man to send an inviting cross toward?his club teammate, who nodded the ball past Suzuki via the inside of the post.

Within seven minutes, the Japanese ?tied the score.

Takefusa Kubo¡¯s cutback from the byline found Nakamura lurking in the ?area and, after a couple of touches to control, the winger drove his deflected shot ?into the bottom corner.

Parity lasted seven minutes as the Dutch reclaimed the lead through Summerville, with the West Ham United winger bending a perfectly placed left-foot strike around Suzuki from just inside the area.

Kubo shot over the bar with ?an effort on the run as Japan sought to respond again and, with two minutes remaining, its efforts paid off.

Substitute Ogawa powered his header towards goal and, with the ball taking a deflection off the head of the unwitting Kamada, Verbruggen was unable to deny the Japanese a second equalizer.?