Leaders Villarreal crash away to Levante

Levante’s Deyverson Brum Silva (centre) celebrates his goal with teammates against Villarreal during the Spanish league. (AFP)Reuters/MadridLeaders Villarreal had a man sent off and crashed 1-0 away to struggling Levante in La Liga with Deyverson hitting the only goal yesterday. Deyverson volleyed home a cross from Nabil Ghilas after 82 minutes to drag Levante off the bottom of the table. Villarreal fullback Bojan Jokic was given a second yellow card after 35 minutes for a reckless challenge on Ivan Lopez who went off injured. Villarreal have 16 points from seven games while Levante lie 18th with six points. Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo has his sights set on breaking the club’s all-time scoring record as they were to take on Atletico Madrid later last night. He jointly holds the record of 323 goals with Raul. Real are fourth on 14 points, two more than Atletico and a point behind Barcelona who lost away to Sevilla on Saturday. Aritz Aduriz scored one goal and set up another for Athletic Bilbao in a 3-1 win over misfiring Valencia. Hosts Bilbao had the better of the play but had to come from behind after Dani Parejo gave Valencia a surprise lead with a precision free kick after 19 minutes. Aymeric Laporte headed home from close range following a corner after 33 minutes and then on the hour Aduriz found Markel Susaeta to slot in. Aduriz wrapped up the win with a clinical finish after being played in by Raul Garcia with 68 minutes gone. Despite plenty of investment, Valencia lie ninth on nine points while Athletic, who have also made a below par start to the season, are 13th with seven points.