Sevilla late goal sinks Chukuweze's Villarreal

Sevilla vs Villarreal LaLiga game

Sevilla late goal sinks Chukuweze's Villarreal

Stephen Oladehinde 21:57 - 23.04.2023

Villarreal secures an important three point against Sevilla at the Ramón Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium with Nigerian winger Samuel Chukuweze leading the line.

Sevilla defeats Villarreal 2-1 as they continue from where they stopped on Thursday.  Sevilla took the lead with Rafa Mir in the first half before Pau Torres levelled the score for Villarreal early on in the second half.

Both teams push for the winning goal but wasted a lot of chances in the second half but a last-minute header from Youssef En-Nesyri gave the home side the win as the game ended 2-1.

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How it happened 

Villarreal manager Quique Setien included Samuel Chukuweze in the starting lineup for Villarreal against Sevilla as they pushed for European qualification while Sevilla manager Luis Mendilibar made ten changes to his side that knocked out Manchester United in the quarter-final of the Europa League.

Both teams did not do much in the first 20 minutes of the game, not until the 34th minute when Sevilla scored the first goal of the game after Suso tees up Rafa Mir inside the box and he curls the ball into the top right corner past Pepe Reina.

Villarreal started putting pressure on the Sevilla defence and got a goal which was cancelled by VAR.  Nicolas Jackson received a delightful pass inside the box before slotting the ball past the goalkeeper but VAR ruled it out for offside and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

The second half started with Villarreal searching for an equaliser. Marko Dmitrovic was forced into action by Samuel Chukwueze after finding himself in some space and unleashed a shot to the bottom right corner but couldn't beat the keeper. 

Their pressure paid off in the 57th minute as Pau Torres displayed good awareness in the six-yard box and found an unusual way to score by using his body to knock the ball behind the keeper.

Villarreal thought they had secured a draw but it was Sevilla who shocked them with a last-minute goal. Youssef En Nesyri converted a chance from the resulting corner kick as he rose high inside the box and planted a perfect header inside the right post to win the game for Sevilla.

Chukwueze who has scored six goals for Villarreal this season was unable to make his mark for his team as they stumbled to a last-minute goal with the game ending 2-1 in favour of Sevilla.