Villa nets twice to fire Valencia
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January 19, 2010, Tuesday
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DAVID Villa netted twice to fire Valencia to a 4-1 win over 10-man Villarreal in La Liga on Sunday and lift Unai Emery's side to within three points of second-placed Real Madrid.
Real slumped to a o-1 defeat at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday to remain on 41 points after 18 matches - five behind undefeated champion Barcelona, which took full advantage of Real's slip-up by thrashing Sevilla 4-0 at the Nou Camp on Saturday.
Valencia has 38 in third and Real Mallorca leapfrogged Deportivo Coruna into fourth with a 2-0 home win over the Galicians earlier on Sunday.
Atletico Madrid continued its recovery from a poor start to the campaign with a nervy 3-2 win over Sporting Gijon and Racing Santander's 18-year-old midfielder Sergio Canales cemented his status as La Liga's rising star when he netted the equalizer in a 1-1 draw with Real Valladolid.
Ever Banega laid the foundation for Valencia's third straight league win when the Argentine midfielder swept the ball high into the net in the sixth minute at the Mestalla, his first goal for the club.
Villa doubled the lead from the spot in the 28th after he was hauled back by Kiko and the referee awarded a penalty and showed the Villarreal defender a straight red card.
A defensive howler from Joan Capdevila gifted a third to his Spain teammate David Silva on 56 minutes and Nilmar pulled one back for the visitors with 29 minutes left after a mix-up between defender Alexis Ruano and goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez.
Silva crossed for Villa to score his 14th of the season at the death, putting the Spain striker back at the top of the La Liga scoring chart level with Barca forward Lionel Messi.
Uruguay striker Diego Forlan raced clear to give Atletico the lead in the 13th minute but the good work was undone 20 minutes later when goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo clumsily felled Diego Castro in the penalty area.
Real slumped to a o-1 defeat at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday to remain on 41 points after 18 matches - five behind undefeated champion Barcelona, which took full advantage of Real's slip-up by thrashing Sevilla 4-0 at the Nou Camp on Saturday.
Valencia has 38 in third and Real Mallorca leapfrogged Deportivo Coruna into fourth with a 2-0 home win over the Galicians earlier on Sunday.
Atletico Madrid continued its recovery from a poor start to the campaign with a nervy 3-2 win over Sporting Gijon and Racing Santander's 18-year-old midfielder Sergio Canales cemented his status as La Liga's rising star when he netted the equalizer in a 1-1 draw with Real Valladolid.
Ever Banega laid the foundation for Valencia's third straight league win when the Argentine midfielder swept the ball high into the net in the sixth minute at the Mestalla, his first goal for the club.
Villa doubled the lead from the spot in the 28th after he was hauled back by Kiko and the referee awarded a penalty and showed the Villarreal defender a straight red card.
A defensive howler from Joan Capdevila gifted a third to his Spain teammate David Silva on 56 minutes and Nilmar pulled one back for the visitors with 29 minutes left after a mix-up between defender Alexis Ruano and goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez.
Silva crossed for Villa to score his 14th of the season at the death, putting the Spain striker back at the top of the La Liga scoring chart level with Barca forward Lionel Messi.
Uruguay striker Diego Forlan raced clear to give Atletico the lead in the 13th minute but the good work was undone 20 minutes later when goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo clumsily felled Diego Castro in the penalty area.
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