Late drama wasn’t enough to disrupt Sevilla at Estadio Mendizorroza on Tuesday evening, with the Andalusians beating Alaves 2-1 in La Liga.
The result takes Sevilla above Villarreal and into fourth in the league table, just a point behind Barcelona and eight points behind league leaders Atletico Madrid.
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Alaves remain above the relegation zone by the skin of their teeth, just a point ahead of Elche, who sit 18th after blowing a two goal lead to draw 2-2 with a depleted Real Valladolid in another game this evening.
Youssef En-Nesyri, subject of a bid from Premier League side West Ham in recent days, opened the scoring after three minutes for Sevilla, assisted by the evergreen Jesus Navas.
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Edgar Mendez equalised nine minutes later after being teed up by Ximo Navarro, only for Suso to grab the winner on the half-hour mark, assisted by Joan Jordan.
Sevilla almost got a third after Navarro scored an own goal in the 83rd minute, but VAR ruled it out due to a foul in the build-up.
Bono was then on hand to save a penalty from Joselu that would have given Alaves an equaliser, ensuring Julen Lopetegui‘s men travelled home south with a win in their back pocket.