Samuel Chukwueze was inspirational as Villarreal posted a 2-1 victory over Valencia in the Spanish League on Sunday.
Paco Alcacer opened the scoring for Villarreal in the 6th minute through a penalty before Valencia levelled up in the 37th minute through Goncalo Guedes while Dani Parejo scored the winning goal for Chukwueze’s club in the 69th minute.
Villarreal players gave a good account of themselves to increase the tally but their best was not good enough during the keenly contested duel.
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In earlier duel on Saturday, it is no longer news that Barcelona lost 1-0 at Getafe in the Spanish league for its first defeat since Koeman took over with the mission of rebuilding his former team, which ended last season without a title.
Barcelona had started this season with two good wins over Villarreal and Celta Vigo. But its limitations in attack were seen in a 1-1 draw with Sevilla in the last round, and Getafe made Barcelona look clueless once the visitors fell behind.
Getafe lived up to its reputation as one of the top defensive sides in Spain and limited the visitors to two scoring opportunities.
“It was a very hotly contested game, with many fouls that never let the match get any rhythm,” Koeman said.
After the match Koeman complained about the refereeing, saying “I don’t know what we have VAR for,” and “there were some dangerous fouls” that went unpunished.
Koeman seemed to be referring to an incident in the first half when Messi went down after Allan Nyom’s arm swung into his face.
United States defender Sergiño Dest made his first start since joining Barcelona three weeks ago from Ajax in place of injured left back Jordi Alba.
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