Valencia stuns Athletic Club in big LaLiga upset
Athletic Club lost further ground on the early leaders in LaLiga after suffering a shoch 2-0 loss to Valencia at Estadio de Mestalla.
Despite being on top in the first half, a straight red card for Dani Vivian in the 61st minute for denying a clear goal-scoring opportunity completely flipped the momentum in the match in Valencia's favour.
The sending off saw Aymeric Laporte make his second debut for Bilbao, 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.
Santamaria then turned provider in the third minute of stoppage-time as Hugo Duro secured all three points for the hosts, who bounced back from a 6-0 defeat to Barcelona in style.