Athletic defeats Villarreal with a penalty goal from Muniain (2-1)

A great Iker Muniain led tonight in San Mamés a valuable victory of the Athletic Club, a victory by two goals to one with so many rojiblancos from Raul Garcia and the captain, this one of penalti, and of Francis Coquelin for the yellow ones.

In addition to scoring the decisive goal from eleven meters, after a penalty from AAlberto Moreno upon Unai Victor, Muniain was the protagonist of another penalty, which made him Pervis Estupiñán and Gero Rulli stopped him Alex Berenguer, and it was the flow of Bilbao football that ended up beating the team that arrived in Bilbao after thrashing at home in the Champions League.

The great afternoon of Muniain, with several house-brand passes that could end in a goal and many brilliant plays, he joined the second goal of the season for Raul Garcia, which finished off another great play made by Mikel Balenziaga, the captain e Iñaki Williams.

Villarreal countered the locals, especially through Amaut Danjuma, but ended up giving up to be stranded in the second half of the table.

On the other hand, Athletic’s victory brings them to the gates of Europe, provisionally to a seventh place that always usually has a continental prize at the end of the season.

Datasheet:

2 – Athletic: Unai Simón; Lekue, Vivian, Íñigo Martínez, Balenziaga; Berenguer (Nico Williams, min. 87), Vencedor, Dani García (Vesga, min. 90), Muniain (Zarraga, min. 87); Raúl García (Sancet, min. 72) and Iñaki Williams (Villalibre, min. 72).

1 – Villarreal: Gero Rulli; Juan Foyth (Aurier, min. 65), Albiol, Pau Torres, Pervis Estupiñán; Yeremy Pino (Alberto Moreno, min. 63), Capoue, Parejo, Coquelin (Dani Rabba, min. 63); Danjuma and Gerard Moreno (Chukwueze, min. 21).

Goals: 1-1, min. 14: Raúl García. 1-1, min. 32: Coquelin. 2-1, min. 72: Muniain, penalty.

Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Balearic Committee). He showed visitors a yellow card Foyth (min. 54), Alberto Moreno (min. 76) and Estupiñán (min. 80).