La Liga Roundup: Almeria beats Espanyol to stay unbeaten after World Cup

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Almeria eased to a 3-1 win over Espanyol at house on Friday and remained unbeaten since La Liga restarted following the World Cup.

Almeria, which was promoted for this season, has gone undefeated in 5 league video games for the reason that finish of December.

Rubi’s Almeria can be proving to be one of many strongest groups at house with six wins in 10 video games.

Its win over Espanyol lifted it into eleventh place with the season at its halfway level. Espanyol fell to 14th.

“This was our worst game of the season,” Espanyol midfielder Sergi Darder stated. “They didn’t play at their best, but they were still infinitely better than us.”

The scoreline was essentially the most lopsided Espanyol has suffered this season together with a 3-1 loss to Real Madrid in August. But that sport in opposition to the defending champion was 1-1 till the 88th minute.

Following a number of probabilities by the host, Colombian striker Luis Súarez scored within the twenty first minute for his first objective since becoming a member of Almeria on mortgage from Marseille initially of the month.

Former Espanyol ahead Leo Baptistao doubled the lead within the 61st, and Gonzalo Melero arrange Francisco Portillo to make it a rout within the 77th.

Espanyol striker Joselu Mato bought the guests’ objective in stoppage time. Joselu’s 11 targets are second solely to the 13 of Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski.