Villarreal tried to react and approached the goal by a header from Leo Baptistão and a combination between Nahuel and Mario, but both attempts went over the goal defended by Pau López.
In the second part the trend did not change. Villarreal could not find a way to sink his teeth into the defense of Espanyol, while Barcelona was comfortable waiting folded together and out on the counter.
Thus, it could sentence with two clear consecutive occasions. Gerard Moreno was the first he ran into Areola after making great control, while seconds later Victor Alvarez shot put and the ball ended up crashing into the crossbar.
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The play went right, as Soldado equalized immediately afterwards. The '9' team Castellon hunt a ball inside the area and unorthodox way he sent to the back of the net (m. 66). It was the second goal in two games Valencia striker League with Villarreal, having also scored against Betis at the Benito Villamarin.
The changes gave a new look to Villarreal, who started bottling Espanyol in their field in search of the goal that gave him the victory. A point was to achieve in a play which occurred 82 minutes ago Jaume Costa focused, Trigueros failed to connect to a wall shot espanyolistas legs and the ball fell to the feet of Samuel Garcia, who shot just by a little to the astonishment of the crowd.
The 2-1 arrived 86 minutes Soldado received between the lines, relied on speed Bakambu and leaked a pass inside the Franco-Congolese mark after dribble past Pau López acute angle.
