Alaves scored three goals for only the third time this season, with a last-gasp strike giving the visitors a dramatic 3-2 win over Sevilla in the Spanish league on Friday. (More Spanish League News)
Ruben Duarte scored the stoppage-time winne🦄r for Alaves away at Sevilla. The win helped Alaves move to 13th place in the La Liga 2023-24 table with 20 points from 20 matches, while Sevilla are 16th with same number of outings
Alaves scored three goals for only the third time this season, with a last-gasp strike giving the visitors a dramatic 3-2 win over Sevilla in the Spanish league on Friday. (More Spanish League News)
Center half Nahuel Tenaglia put Alaves 1-0 up from a corner after 26 minutes and Kike Garcia doubled the visitor’s lead five minutes bꦓefore hal𓂃ftime, his shot taking a deflection on its way past Marko Dmitrovic.
Former Wolverhampton and Nottingham Forest striker Rafa Mir got a goal back for Sevilla in the 70th, and Lucas Ocampos' equalizer from the p💟enalty spot 10 minutes later set up a tense finale.
But the visitors roared back to claim their first league win since Novem♑ber thanks to Rubén Duarte's 90th-minute header from a corner kick.
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“It can't be🔴 a set piece every time," disappointed Sevilꦬla defender Jesus Navas said of the late goal. “That's a lack of concentration.
“You can't make those mistakes because t﷽hey cost you dearly. You can't lose a game that way.”
The three points lifted Alaves into 13th place on 20 poꦉints. Itಞ also marked its first home-and-away double over Sevilla since the 1954-5 season.
Sevilla remains in 16th place with 16 points.
Real🌺 Madri♛d and Girona lead the league with 48 points.