La Liga round-up: Valencia shocked as Getafe win 2-1 at Mestalla
Thursday 19 April 2018 00:07, UK
Valencia missed the chance to capitalise on Real Madrid's slip-up as they suffered a 2-1 defeat at home to Getafe.
Former Newcastle and Chelsea striker Loic Remy got both goals for the Azulones to give them a victory that saw them climb to eighth in the table, six points adrift of a Europa League place, while Real were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Athletic Bilbao.
Getafe went ahead after 16 minutes when Damian Suarez played in Remy and he made no mistake in firing low into the net.
He doubled the advantage four minutes after the restart as Jorge Molina picked him out and he shot home from the edge of the box.
Rodrigo got one back for Valencia 21 minutes from time but any hopes of a comeback suffered a blow with the 86th-minute dismissal of Daniel Parejo for an elbow on Molina.
David Lomban scored the only goal as Eibar won 1-0 at Espanyol.
The out-of-form side jumped up to 11th with victory, which takes them back within a point of the top half, and seven ahead of Chico Sanchez Flores' side.
Lomban got the winner in the 32nd minute when he headed home Sanchez Pedro Leon's corner.
