Unai Simón , a villain a couple of weeks ago with an error of bulk that deprived Athletic of the victory against Valladolid , served as a savior at the Ceramics Stadium . Two great interventions of the goalkeeper Alavés prevented Villarreal from taking the victory in a match in which he deserved more points and caused Javi Calleja's team to remain unmarked after 24 consecutive days watching the door , his best streak in First.

This time there were no rotations that were worth it. Villarreal came out with his eleven gala before an Athletic who barely had prominence the first half hour. The high pressure of the Basques did not finish having an effect on the good movement of the yellow ball, whose center of the field clearly won the game. Cazorla was multiplying and also appeared in the area looking for the goal, which Unai Simón denied him with a good stop to a shot of the Spaniard from the front. Just in the previous action, Gerard despaired claiming the referee some hands in the Basque area that Jaime Latre denied but that were clearly seen in the repetition. The VAR passed the subject.

Athletic was barely able to generate danger in a kickback or standing ball. Iñaki Williams signed the first shot of the Bilbao in a corner kick, but the header went off shortly. It was half an hour after Garitano's team started to carbure, finally managing to take the ball to the yellow territory for a longer time and forcing Asenjo's first interventions in a shot from the San Jose front adjusted to the stick and another Ibai's crusader .

At points, however, Villarreal continued to make more merits, which he tried especially for the bands. Ekambi lacked a few centimeters to hunt a dangerous Moi center, very active on the left side in collaboration with Quintillà.

The script did not vary excessively after the resumption. Villarreal was still the one who seemed closest to the goal but, for one thing or another, it never came. Gerard was annulled one by a clear offside after lowering a ball hung in the area and facing Unai Simón.

Athletic's goalkeeper was bitter at Calleja's afternoon and was the main culprit for Athletic to take a point from the Ceramics Stadium. In a new hand-in-hand with Gerard, the goalkeeper came out with everything to cover as much space as possible and the shot of the Catalan, who chose to hit hard instead of placing, Unai took it with his face. He also avoided what looked like a sung Albiol goal after a shot from the center in the small area.

This time it did not work for Villarreal even plan B, which has taken so many troubles in his stadium. Chukwueze was the first to take action, as usual, but this time it was not enough to break the solid defense of Athletic. He did, of course, one of his own as soon as he left after picking up a long shipment from Asenjo. Without firing position, he sent to the front, where Cazorla topped off a ball that was lost touching the post.

Athletic, meanwhile, followed his own, well seated behind and trying to catch Villarreal against one, but he lacked precision at the time of finishing, to the point that he failed to direct any shot between the three sticks throughout the second time.

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