La Liga: Chukwueze’s Villarreal beat Levante to continue UCL push

Samuel Chukwueze’s Villarreal moved to within two points of the Champions League places with a 2-1 win over Levante at the Estadio de la Ceramica on Saturday evening.

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The hosts took the lead when Gerard Moreno found the bottom corner 10 minutes into the first half.

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Levante were level not long after the break when Carlos Clerc’s low cross was met by Borja Mayoral at the back post.

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Five minutes later, Javi Calleja’s side regained the lead as Moi Gomez squeezed his shot past Aitor Fernandez from the edge of the area.

The victory sees Villarreal close the gap between them and Atletico Madrid in fourth place to just two points, while Levante stay in mid-table.