First Division - Day 18

Deportivo 1 - Villarreal 2

Deportivo: Lux; Juanfran, Arribas, Sidnei, Fernando Navarro; Alex Bergantiños, Mosquera; Fede Cartabia (Cardoso 77‘), Fayçal Fajr, Luis Alberto (Oriol Riera 78‘); Lucas Pérez. 4-4-2.
Villarreal: Areola; Mario Gaspar, Musacchio, Víctor Ruíz, Rukavina; Jonathan Dos Santos (Nahuel 81’), Tomás Pina, Bruno, Denis Suárez; Soldado (Samuel 76‘), Bakambu (Leo Baptistao 66’). 4-4-2.

Goals:
0-1. 36. Bruno. Connected with Mario cross and fired low shot wide of Lux.
1-1. 48. Luis Alberto. Got on end of Lucas Pérez centre to turn shot past Areola.
1-2. 95. Bruno (penalty). After Navarro bundled over Samuel inside the area.

Yellow cards: Luis Alberto 09’, Arribas 35’, Bruno 39’, Jonathan Dos Santos 43’, Soldado 80’, Fernando Navarro 94’.

Villarreal ended the weekend in fourth spot, just a point behind Real Madrid, after they beat Deportivo 1-2 on Sunday evening. Only a couple of efforts by Lucas Pérez, Luis Alberto and Bakambu troubled either keeper early on, but with ten minutes to go to the break Bruno put the visitors ahead with a low shot past Lux after Mario passed in following a corner. The local keeper had to save from Soldado before the break, but just three minutes into the second half Luis Alberto got on the end of a Pérez cross to make it all square. Pérez curled a shot just wide after that and Denis Suárez shot straight at Lux following a good run, but the match appeared to be heading for a draw until the fourth minute of injury time, when Fernando Navarro bundled over Samuel García inside the area. The referee immediately pointed to the spot, and Bruno fired home the kick to take his side nine points clear of their hosts in the table.