Sevilla leave it late

A review of the weekend's action so far in the Spanish LaLiga, as Sevilla were last-gasp winners over Alaves.

Wissam Ben Yedder scored a late winner for Sevilla
Wissam Ben Yedder scored a late winner for Sevilla

Wissam Ben Yedder scored a stoppage-time winner to give Sevilla at 2-1 victory over Alaves at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium and move them second in LaLiga.

The 26-year-old French-born Tunisian striker, signed from Ligue 1 club Toulouse in the summer, put the home side ahead on 74 minutes, only for Victor Laguardia to equalise from a corner, which had looked enough to earn a share of the points.

However, Ben Yedder struck again in the closing seconds when he flicked the ball home at the near post, which put Sevila above Barcelona and level on points with Real Mardid, with both their rivals set to play on Sunday.

There was also a late show at El Sadar where David Garcia's strike in added time helped Las Palmas fight back to earn a 2-2 draw against Osasuna.

Enrique Martin's side looked set to earn a first LaLiga victory at the seventh attempt this season when Roberto Torres tucked an early penalty after only seven minutes, and Sergio Leon added a spectacular second just before the end of the first half.

However, the Canary Islanders, who twice came back to draw 2-2 at home to Real Madrid last weekend, staged another recovery as Vicente Gomez reduced the deficit on 57 minutes before Garcia struck at the death.

The evening match at Riazor saw yet more late drama as substitute Ryan Babel struck deep into stoppage time to give Deportivo de La Coruna a 2-1 victory over Sporting Gijon and end a five-match winless run.

Deportivo, whose only previous LaLiga triumph this season had come on the opening weekend, took the lead on 24 minutes through a close-range effort from Celso Borges.

Gijon, who came to the Riazor on the back of a three-match losing streak, were level on 65 minutes as Sergio Alvarez looped a header into the far corner.

However, with just seconds of the two minutes of added time remaining, Dutch midfielder Babel drilled a low shot from 25 yards in off the left-hand post to spark wild celebrations around the stadium.

In Saturday's early kick-off, a second-half goal from Alexander Szymanowski was enough to earn Leganes a 1-0 win over managerless Granada at Los Carmenes.

The Argentine winger scored on the counter-attack with 13 minutes left to leave the hosts bottom.

On Friday, Carlos Vela's second-half goal gave Real Sociedad a 1-0 home win against Real Betis.

The former Arsenal forward pounced from close range just after the hour mark to seal back-to-back victories at the Anoeta for the first time since February, following last week's 4-1 success over Las Palmas - in which Vela also scored.

The hosts dominated possession but created very little in a game of few chances. An early defensive error from Inigo Martinez almost gifted Betis the lead but his goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli recovered what was a bad back-pass.

Sociedad looked threatening down both flanks and one such raid almost saw them take the lead when Willian Jose's header drew a good one-handed save from Antonio Adan.

Betis were expending a lot of energy chasing the ball but they did create a decent chance as half-time approached. Alexander Alegria found enough space to get away a shot but Rulli was equal to it, producing a one-handed stop of his own.

The game's decisive moment arrived in the 63rd minute as Vela slid to get his left foot to a low cross from Mikel Oyarzabal to tap the ball into the net at the far post.

It was enough for Sociedad to leapfrog their opponents and Alaves and climb two places to ninth in the table.

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