Eibar demolishes Sevilla 5-1

Eibar (Spain) Feb 4 (IANS) Eibar hammered Sevilla in a lopsided 5-1 home victory in the 22nd round of La Liga.

With this win Eibar climbed to the seventh position on Saturday in the La Liga standings just one point behind sixth-placed Sevilla s 33 points reports Efe.

Eibar opened the scoring in the first minute with a quick goal by forward Kike Garcia demoralizing Sevilla before they were even settled on the field and Fabian Orellana doubled Eibar s lead 16 minutes later.

Sevilla midfielder Pablo Sarabia narrowed the gap with the first and only goal for his side after converting a penalty in the 21st minute.

However 11 minutes later Ivan Ramis netted a third goal for Eibar and Orellana added a fourth in the 61st minute.

With just seven minutes to go Anaitz Arbilla scored a fifth goal to secure the win for Eibar.

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