Levante: Munúa; Javi Venta, Ballesteros,
Nano, Juanfran (Del Horno 73'); Iborra, Farinós (Xavi Torres 68');
Valdo, Barkero (Rubén Suárez 84'), Juanlu; Koné. 4-2-3-1.
Real: Claudio Bravo; Carlos Martínez, Demidov
(Mikel González 62'), Iñigo Martínez, De la Bella;
Zurutuza, Mariga, Aranburu (Xabi Prieto 76'); Estrada (Llorente 68'), Carlos
Vela, Griezmann. 4-3-3.
Goals:
0-1. 03. Estrada. Ran on to poor Munúa
clearance and turned ball in to net.
1-1. 56. Nano. Shot from edge of area
which ballooned off Demidov over Bravo.
2-1. 61. Valdo. Got behind defence
to head Barkero cross down past keeper.
2-2. 86. Iñigo
Martínez. Fired shot back past keeper after free kick partly cleared.
3-2. 93. Rubén Suárez. Drilled low free kick past defensive
wall in to corner of net.
Yellow cards: Koné 19', Valdo 37', De la Bella 77', Munúa 93', Rubén Suárez 94', Juanfran 94', 94' / red cards: Juanfran 94'.
Levante are not going to give up their top spot without a fight, and they will be there for another few days at least after coming from behind to beat Real Sociedad 3-2 on Wednesday night. Estrada put the visitors ahead in only the third minute after Munúa's clearance from an Aranburu cross fell to him, and in the next five minutes Griezmann forced the keeper in to a good save and De la Bella fired a shot against the bar. Barkero tried his luck a couple of times for the locals, but with the first half coming to a close Real could have gone further in front when Estrada headed against the bar. That was it for the visitors though, and soon after the restart Nano equalised with more than a bit of luck, his shot from wide on the right taking a deflection off the boot of Demidov to loop over Claudio Bravo in to the net. Five minutes later Valdo steered a header in to the net from Barkero's cross, and although Iñigo Martínez equalised near the end, Rubén Suárez won it with an impressive free kick in the third minute of injury time. The dream lives on!