Villarreal beats Valladolid to go third
Villarreal climbed to third place in La Liga on Tuesday (AEDT) with a 2-0 victory at home to rock-bottom Real Valladolid that left Unai Emery's side two points off top spot.
Nigeria winger Samuel Chukwueze bagged his first goal of the season with a classy left-foot finish on 21 minutes and Pau Torres added a second before half-time.
Villarreal is unbeaten in seven games in all competitions since a 4-0 defeat by Barcelona on 28 September (AEDT).
Real Sociedad occupies first place in Spain with Real Madrid a point back in second. Atletico Madrid is another two points behind but has two games in hand on the leader.
-AFP
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