- Paco Alcácer (6' Pen)
- Dani Parejo (69')
- Takefusa Kubo (90'+2')
- Goncalo Guedes (37')
Parejo haunts former club Valencia to send Villarreal top of La Liga
Villarreal midfielder Dani Parejo scored the decisive goal in a 2-1 win at home to former club Valencia to take his side top of La Liga on Sunday.
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Parejo, who used to captain Valencia but switched to Villarreal in August, saying he had been forced out, barely celebrated his goal after his shot took a heavy deflection off Mouctar Diakhaby into the net in the 69th minute.
Paco Alcacer, another former Valencia player, had given Villarreal the lead with a penalty in the sixth minute although Goncalo Guedes levelled for the struggling visitors in the 37th.
Villarreal had Japan international Takefusa Kubo sent off in added time for a second yellow card while Parejo then limped off the pitch with a muscle injury.
Yet Unai Emery's side saw out the win to lead the standings on 11 points after six games, one ahead of second-placed Real Madrid who were beaten 1-0 at home by Cadiz on Saturday.
Valencia were left 12th on seven.
Game Information
Spanish LALIGA Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Real Madrid | 32 | 25 | 6 | 1 | +48 | 81 |
Barcelona | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | +27 | 70 |
Girona | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | +27 | 68 |
Atlético Madrid | 32 | 19 | 4 | 9 | +21 | 61 |
Athletic Club | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | +22 | 58 |
Real Sociedad | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | +12 | 51 |
Real Betis | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | +2 | 48 |
Valencia | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | +1 | 47 |
Villarreal | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 42 |
Getafe | 32 | 9 | 13 | 10 | -6 | 40 |
Osasuna | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 39 |
Sevilla | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 37 |
Las Palmas | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 37 |
Alavés | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 35 |
Rayo Vallecano | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | -12 | 34 |
Mallorca | 32 | 6 | 13 | 13 | -12 | 31 |
Celta Vigo | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | -10 | 31 |
Cádiz | 32 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -23 | 25 |
Granada | 32 | 3 | 9 | 20 | -28 | 18 |
Almería | 32 | 1 | 11 | 20 | -33 | 14 |