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Villarreal too strong for Levante
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Villarreal maintained its impressive form since winning promotion back to La Liga when Ikechukwu Uche struck twice and captain Bruno Soriano scored a penalty in a 3-0 win at 10-man Levante yesterday.
Levante goalkeeper Keylor Navas was shown a straight red card in the 10th minute at the Ciutat de Valencia stadium when he felled forward Uche in the penalty area.
Midfielder Bruno, whose polished performances this season have prompted calls for him to be included in the Spain squad, stroked the ball into the net past hastily-introduced replacement ‘keeper Javi Jimenez.
With an extra man, Villarreal created and squandered a host of chances before Bruno threaded a pass through to Uche in the 74th and he fired a clinical shot low into the corner.
The pacy Nigerian then scored the goal of the game a minute from time when he netted a spectacular overhead kick.
Fourth-placed Villarreal, which spent a season in the second division last term and finished second behind Elche, has 27 points from 14 matches, seven behind Real Madrid in third after it thrashed promoted Almeria 5-0 on Saturday.
Unbeaten leader Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, three points behind, also recorded thumping wins, Barcelona beating Granada 4-0 at the Nou Camp and Atletico hammering Getafe 7-0 at the Calderon.
Cristiano Ronaldo struck in the third minute for Real but went of off injured in the 52nd. “It was for precaution,” he said. “It’s nothing special. I was kicked in the first half and had the muscle a little stiff.”
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