Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 11:10 PM

Athletic Club booked a 2-1 win over Villarreal on Saturday evening at home. Raúl García gave the home team the lead, after which Francis Coquelin took the equalizer on a pass from Arnaut Danjuma. Iker Muniain gave Athletic the victory in the final phase from eleven meters. With the win, Marcelino’s team rises to seventh place, while Villarreal remains in thirteenth place with eleven points.

Danjuma was included on Friday in the thirty-man pre-selection of the the Dutch squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Montenegro and Norway and, as trusted in recent weeks, had a basic place in the team of trainer Unai Emery. The ban was broken by the home team after fifteen minutes of play. Muniain sent Iñaki Williams into the deep. The attacker gave García, who was able to work the ball behind goalkeeper Gerónimo Rulli from close range: 1-0. Midway through the first half, Iñigo Martínez had a good chance to increase the margin for Athletic Club. Rulli now had an answer to the defender’s header. With half an hour on the clock, Villarreal came alongside. On a pass from Danjuma, Coquelin hit the top right corner: 1-1.

Danjuma showed himself in a positive way after an hour of playing. The winger simply dribbled past some Athletic defenders and then decided to shoot from edge sixteen. Thanks to a good save by Unai Simón, the home team stayed on their feet. After intervention by the VAR, the ball went on the spot for Athletic fifteen minutes before time. Pervis Estupinan was penalized for holding Unai Vencedor. Muniain then gave the home team the victory from eleven meters: 2-1.

No. Team m W G V +/- Pnt
1 Real Sociedad 9 6 2 1 5 20
2 Osasuna 10 5 3 2 1 18
3 Real Madrid 8 5 2 1 12 17
4 Seville 8 5 2 1 8 17
5 Atletico Madrid 8 5 2 1 5 17
6 Rayo Vallecano 9 5 1 3 6 16
7 Athletic Club 9 4 4 1 4 16
8 Barcelona 8 4 3 1 6 15
9 Real Betis 9 4 3 2 3 15
10 Valencia 10 3 4 3 2 13
11 Espanyol 10 3 4 3 0 13
12 Real Majorca 10 3 3 4 -6 12
13 Villarreal 9 2 5 2 3 11
14 Elche 10 2 4 4 -4 10
15 Celta de Vigo 9 2 1 6 -5 7
16 Granada 9 1 4 4 -6 7
17 Cadiz 10 1 4 5 -8 7
18 Alaves 9 2 0 7 -9 6
19 Levante 9 0 5 4 -7 5
20 getafe 9 0 2 7 -10 2

Date:Saturday October 23, 2021, 9:00 PM

Stadium:San Mames Barria (Bilbao)

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