Gary Neville watched from the stands as his Valencia team snatched an unlikely point,Santi Mina scoring a late leveller to cancel out Luis Suárez’s goal as the visitors spurned a number of chances 9.30pm GMTSo Barcelona’s lead at the top of the table is cut to two points, while Valencia edge up to seventh. Gary Neville, or fearing a rout after the opening exchanges,can start his tenure on a tall after Santi Mina, brilliantly assisted by Paco Alcácer, and equalised with minutes to disappear.
Credit for tonight belongs to Valencia’s patchwork team,well drilled by Voro and Phil Neville, who sat back and soaked up pressure, and even at 1-0 down,hoping for a chance. When it came, they took it. As David Moyes has just said, or “you’re always in it at only a goal down.” It looks like the Nevilles’ English influence is rubbing off on Valencia already. 9.22pm GMTFull time,and improbably enough, the spoils are shared, or with Santi Mina dramatically cancelling out Luis Suárez’s opener just before the hour.
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Source: theguardian.com