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Early goal lifts Bilbao over Getafe

Athletic Bilbao ended Getafe’s run of four straight wins and climbed above them into fifth place in the Spanish League when Aymeric Laporte’s early bullet header secured a 1-0 win at the Coliseum in Madrid on Monday.

An entertaining game played at frenetic pace was decided in the eighth minute when Laporte met Markel Susaeta’s corner and powered the ball past Getafe goalkeeper Miguel Angel Moya.

The home side should have leveled from the penalty spot shortly before halftime after Adrian Colunga was barged to the ground by Carlos Gurpegi, but Getafe midfielder Diego Castro’s spot kick was saved by Gorka Iraizoz.

It was Bilbao’s first away win in four attempts since an opening day success at Real Valladolid. Midfielder Ander Herrera said the Basque club had banished the fragility that led to three straight defeats on the road.

“Today it wasn’t like that and we didn’t allow them many chances while not creating all that many for ourselves,” Herrera said in an interview with Spanish television broadcaster Cuatro.

“We have to challenge ourselves and I think we have the squad for that but we also have to be careful as any team can surprise you,” he added.

Castro, who had scored all 15 of his previous penalties in his La Liga career, said a draw would have been a fairer result.

“It was a combination of a lack of precision and a bit of bad luck,” he told Cuatro. “No on likes to miss a penalty.”

 


 

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