#laliga

#laliga

I think we never played our best match, we need to improve a lot of things, and I'm not satisfied with the team's performance, but in the end, we came away with the three points, and that's the most important thing,

The television feed of the game at Real Oviedo against Espanyol cut to the exterior of the stadium for the first 25 seconds of the game, when players paused for the opening 15 seconds in opposition to plans to take a game to the United States. The game came just hours after the Spanish soccer players' union announced that protests would be held straight after kickoff in games in the ninth round from Friday through Monday.

"If we can play with twelve, all the better! Amazing player! Bellingham is amazing, amazing. A player who impressed me, a great person and a unique footballer. Honestly, I say that I have never seen a player like him: a lot of hierarchy, presence on the field. Hopefully, he can play as soon as possible, because he's going to help us a lot."

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.