Espanyol has woken up. The arrival of Pablo Machín to the team translated into better soccer sensations, but it was in the Ciutat de València where he began to bear fruit in the form of points against a Levante who did not find his place in the field at any time of the game. [Narration and statistics]

Paco López's team seems stuck for a few days. It was concealed by a victory at Butarque, but the three points against Espanyol became vital to open distance with a direct rival. In addition, it had an advantage: the Ciutat de València is its fort. Since last March 10 no one had taken the three points of Orriols, something that explains how the Levant grabs the First Division.

He wanted to disturb the parrots from the first moment, when Diego López had to deflect a direct foul shot , but its intensity was diluted very quickly. Espanyol always had the game under control, dominating the game and approaching the area of ​​Aitor with danger. Containing and attacking with total comfort.

Machín's commitment to place three centrals drowned the ball out of the Levant, which also failed to find the gaps behind the backs of the advanced sides. Not a crack could take advantage while Espanyol was resolved with skill in the opposite field , both until he took advantage of the ball stopped in three consecutive plays.

In the first, the corner ended in the crossbar, then in a recovery that failed to culminate Ferreyra in a hand-in-hand with Aitor and the third, in the 39th minute, he finished it to goal Bernardo with the side and the approval of the VAR.

The Levant did not react in what was left of the first part or in the second. Not even when Paco López entered Borja Mayoral and Sergio León . Espanyol felt the owner of the ball and the rhythm. He did not suffer and was not obliged to unprotect himself by seeking more the granota goal.

Paco López had no choice but to squeeze and in a counterattack by Sergio León's band he had the clearest chance of a draw, but Morales got tangled up with the ball at his feet at the penalty spot . Hard punishment for the Levante that awaits the Royal Society on Wednesday and Barça at the Ciutat on Saturday.

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