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First Division - Day 10

Villarreal 1 - Valencia 3

Villarreal: Sergio Asenjo; Mario Gaspar, Gabriel, Dorado, Jaume Costa; Moi Gómez (Jonathan Dos Santos 61‘), Manu Trigueros, Bruno, Cheryshev; Uche (Gerard Moreno 71’), Giovani (Vietto 65’). 4-4-2.
Valencia: Diego Alves; Barragán, Mustafi, Otamendi, Gayà; André Gomes, Javi Fuego; Feghouli (Carles Gil 77‘), Rodrigo ((De Paul 87’), Piatti; Paco Alcácer (Negredo 79‘). 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
0-1. 06. Trigueros (own goal). Slid ball past own keeper from Feghouli cross.
0-2. 64. Mustafi. Steered header wide of Sergio Asenjo from long Piatti centre.
0-3. 73. Mustafi. Turned ball past keeper after Feghouli headed on Piatti corner.
1-2. 88. Trigueros. Connected with Gerard square pass to fire shot past Alves.

Yellow cards: Otamendi 47’, Mario 54’, Rodrigo 60’, Dorado 72’, Gayà 80’.

Valencia beat regional rivals Villarreal 1-3 on Sunday evening, the result taking them second behind new leaders Real Madrid after the best start in their history. The Ches went ahead in only the sixth minute when Trigueros poked a Feghouli cross past his own keeper trying to clear. For the rest of the first half though the locals were on top, Diego Alves having to make important saves from Gabriel and a couple of times from Cheryshev to keep his team ahead at the break. The Brazilian keeper was in action again soon after the restart to tip a deflected Bruno free kick over the bar, but then the visitors came back, and Mustafi put the game beyond Villarreal’s reach with two goals in ten minutes, the first a header from Piatti’s cross, and the second with a low shot after Feghouli headed on Piatti’s corner. Trigueros partly made up for his mistake in part with a late consolation for the locals after Giovani and Moreno combined to set him up, but it came too late to prevent a defeat which leaves Marcelino’s side five points adrift of the European spots.