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David Moyes’ Real Socieded beat high-flying Sevilla in seven-goal thriller | |
(4 months later) | |
A late header from Xabi Prieto earned Real Sociedad a dramatic 4-3 victory over Sevilla in a pulsating La Liga match on Sunday. | |
David Moyes’ side have beaten the top three in Spain at home and fifth-placed Sevilla also left empty-handed after a game in which both defences struggled. | |
The Sevilla centre-half Alejandro Arribas lost Imanol Agirretxe who volleyed home a cross after 15 minutes and Sergio Canales should have extended the lead but he shot tamely at Sergio Rico. | |
The visitors drew level with a flicked Timothée Kolodziejczak header from a corner that beat the Sociedad goalkeeper, Gerónimo Rulli, at his near post but straight after half-time Canales was brought down by Benoît Trémoulinas and Prieto scored the penalty. | |
Related: Barcelona 0-1 Málaga | La Liga match report | |
Daniel Carrico hit a post for Sevilla with a powerful long-range drive before Carlos Bacca headed home a free-kick after 68 minutes to equalise. | |
Sevilla went ahead for the first time through a Kévin Gameiro penalty after handball by Iñigo Martínez but with seven minutes left a save from Rico rebounded off Arribas and into the goal. Prieto grabbed his second of the game with a header from a corner in the last minute to secure a memorable victory for Moyes. | |
“It is strange how we have managed to win against the bigger teams,” Prieto told reporters. | |
“It was a big win from a difficult game and we really needed the three points after several games without a victory.“ | |
Sevilla have now lost three of their last four league games and are five points behind fourth-placed Valencia. Sociedad moved up to 10th. | |
Real Madrid play Elche later on Sunday aiming to extend their lead at the top of the table to four points after Barcelona’s shock home defeat by Malaga on Saturday. |