Sunday 21 August 2016 01:12, UK
Sevilla twice recovered from going a goal down to secure a 6-4 home defeat of Espanyol in coach Jorge Sampaoli's first league fixture in charge.
The Argentine had overseen three successive defeats, the first via a 3-2 scoreline against Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup. The second and third contributed to a 5-0 aggregate deficit over two legs against Barcelona in the
Spanish Supercopa.
Espanyol, whose goals came from Pablo Piatti, Hernan Perez, Victor Sanchez andGerard Moreno, led both 1-0 and 3-2.
The hosts' equaliser in first-half stoppage time, from Luciano Vietto to prevent Espanyol leading at half-time, seemed particularly influential. His earlier goal had put them 2-1 up after Pablo Sarabia made the score 1-1.
Franco Vazquez, Wissam Ben Yedder and Hiroshi Kiyotake scored three times in 20 second-half minutes to take Sevilla beyond Espanyol's reach. Moreno scored the game's 10th goal with 11 minutes remaining
There was also a 1-1 draw at Granada for Villarreal, whose new coach Fran Escriba oversaw his first league fixture.
The visitors took the lead in the 61st minute when Samuel Castillejo curled a left-footed free-kick inside the right-hand post and beyond goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.
Granada equalised just four minutes later. Ezequiel Ponce was gifted possession directly in front of goal after a corner, and he capitalised by scoring with a routine close-range finish.
