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Commentary
0¹GOAL!! A wonderful drive from HEITINGA was pushed away by the 'keeper only as far as HUNTELAAR who nudged the ball past the stranded Bayer Leverkusen 'keeper. (1-0 Valencia)
0¹HUGO ALMEIDA ran onto a delightful ball from BALITSCH but fumbled his shot wide.
3¹A cross from RAKITIC left ZÁRATE in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
4¹AGÜERO's shot was well held by WIESE.
6¹A clever pass from AGÜERO was fired goalbound by TOURÉ only for WIESE to claw away.
10¹HUGO ALMEIDA beat MARIN and blasted the ball to SCHULZ who pulled his shot wide.
13¹GOAL!! An outswinging corner kicked out by RAKITIC was blasted home by AGÜERO. (2-0 Valencia)
22¹An exceptional effort from AGÜERO scraped the outside of the post.
23¹The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from AGÜERO.
27¹GOAL!! As IVANOVIC was attempting to hold back BALITSCH the ball dropped to ZÁRATE who tapped the ball in off the post. (2-1 Valencia)
34¹AGÜERO chipped the ball to VAN DER VAART who touched it over.
40¹RAKITIC was put clear by PARDO and he pulled away from AKINFEEV but glanced his shot over.
42¹BALITSCH stormed through the Valencia defence but shot straight at the Valencia 'keeper.
45¹GOAL!! Valencia were awarded a penalty after a foul on VAN DER VAART and HUNTELAAR put it past WIESE sending him the wrong way. (3-1 Valencia)
6²PODOLSKI dribbled past FRIEDRICH and stabbed a weak shot over.
11²PODOLSKI hit a right foot shot over the bar from close range.
13²GOAL!! Some patient work by AGÜERO on the left, left PODOLSKI yards clear, and he dummied WIESE and blasted the ball into the back of the net. (4-1 Valencia)
17²HUNTELAAR made space on the left and dragged the ball to PODOLSKI who rasped the ball wide.
36²ANTONIO LÓPEZ booted the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
40²The 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame header from MARIN.
42²GOAL!! A poor goal-kick was intercepted by ELANO who setup HUGO ALMEIDA with a simple chance. (4-2 Valencia)
44²The stunned WIESE could only watch as a backpass from BALITSCH dropped just over.

 
Valencia
 
League position: 17
Home league form: LLXW
Overall league form: LLLWLLXL
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Igor AKINFEEV6½16½Tim WIESE
Branislav IVANOVIC7½27½Christian SCHULZ
ANTONIO LÓPEZ Guerrero7 36½Daniel SCHWAAB
Yaya TOURÉ7½47 Pavel PARDO
THIAGO Emiliano6½56½Manuel FRIEDRICH(c)
John HEITINGA7 66½Daniel DÍAZ
Marko MARIN8 77 Ivan RAKITIC
(c)Rafael VAN DER VAART8 87 Hanno BALITSCH
(p,f)Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR7½96½HUGO Miguel ALMEIDA(p)
Sergio AGÜERO7 106½ELANO Blumer
Lukas PODOLSKI7½115½Mauro ZÁRATE(f)
Mark harrisonManagerMel HUNTER
Andriy PYATOV  12  Michal KADLEC
Serdar TASCI  13  Paul ROBINSON
Alexis SÁNCHEZ  14  Arouna KONÉ
Javier PASTORE  15  Sami HYYPIÄ
Marouane CHAMAKH  167½RAÚL GARCÍA Escudero
 
Bayer Leverkusen
 
League position: 20
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: XLLLLXLW
Formation: 3-2-3-2

Statistics
Valencia 4 Bayer Leverkusen 2
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 37,494, Stadium: Mestalla, Referee: Jef van Vliet 5½)

Huntelaar 0¹, Agüero 13¹, Huntelaar 45¹ (pen), Podolski 13²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Zárate 27¹, Hugo Almeida 42²
 PardoóRaúl García 10²
  
  
43
513
17
83
125
208
41
57%43%
Man of the match: Rafael van der Vaart