"Despite being on top in the first half, a straight red card for Dani Vivian in the 61st minute for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity completely flipped the momentum in the match in Valencia's favour. The sending off saw Aymeric Laporte make his second debut for Athletic, but he could not stop the oncoming onslaught from Valencia. He initially deflected Largie Ramazani's strike behind for a corner, but Baptiste Santamaria managed to score a header from the resulting corner in the 73rd minute."
"In a match that saw five yellow cards in the first half, two of which went to Axel Witsel before the half-hour mark, resulting in his sending-off, Etta Eyong gave the visitors the lead two minutes before the break. It was a nightmare start to the second half for Girona after Vitor Reis was shown a straight red card inside the opening minute for a reckless challenge on Carlos Alvarez, with the Levante forward also scoring from the resulting free-kick."
Athletic Bilbao lost 2-0 to Valencia at the Estadio de Mestalla after Dani Vivian received a straight red card in the 61st minute for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity. Aymeric Laporte made his second debut for Athletic but could not halt Valencia's recovery. Baptiste Santamaria scored a header from a 73rd-minute corner and later assisted Hugo Duro's stoppage-time winner. Girona were reduced to nine men and lost 4-0 at home to Levante after Axel Witsel and Vitor Reis were sent off. Etta Eyong opened the scoring, Carlos Alvarez converted the resulting free-kick, Ivan Romero added another, and Goduine Koyalipou completed the scoring. Sevilla defeated Alaves 2-1 with goals from Ruben Vargas and Alexis Sanchez.
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