Eibar 1 - 2 Villarreal: Villarreal hit back to beat Eibar

Posted Monday, April 04, 2016 by PA

Villarreal strengthened their grip on fourth place as they ended their Primera Division winless streak with a 2-1 come-from-behind triumph at Eibar.

It had looked as if the Yellow Submarine's run of league games without a victory was going to stretch to five after they fell behind in the 22nd minute to Ander Capa's deflected strike.

But they were level in the 35th minute thanks to an Adrian tap-in and Roberto Soldado notched the winner five minutes into the second half.

Eibar began the game well and might have had the lead in the opening few seconds when Borja sent an effort across the face of goal and wide.

Borja was then once again unable to make the most of a decent opportunity in the 20th minute as he diverted David Junca's cross wide with his head.

Moments later the hosts had the lead. Jota's cutback was parried by Alphonse Areola and, when an attempted clearance came to Capa on the edge of the area, he fired into the net via a deflection off Victor Luiz.

Having barely threatened, Villarreal were then suddenly level when Denis Suarez threaded a pass through to Soldado. His shot came off the legs of Asier Riesgo and the ball fell kindly for Adrian to convert at the far post.

The visitors had a good chance soon after only for Tomas Pina to scoop it over the bar and Lopez then blasted another into the stand four minutes after the interval.

But the pressure soon yielded a second Villarreal goal, which arrived when a Suarez cross ricocheted off two Eibar men to Soldado, who lashed it past Riesgo.