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Commentary
GOAL!! 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)
HUGO ALMEIDA ran onto a delightful ball from BALITSCH but fumbled his shot wide.
A cross from RAKITIC left ZÁRATE in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
AGÜERO's shot was well held by WIESE.
A 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)
PODOLSKI 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 AKINFEEV1Tim WIESE
Branislav IVANOVIC2Christian SCHULZ
ANTONIO LÓPEZ Guerrero3Daniel SCHWAAB
Yaya TOURÉ4Pavel PARDO
THIAGO Emiliano5Manuel FRIEDRICH(c)
John HEITINGA6Daniel DÍAZ
Marko MARIN7Ivan RAKITIC
(c)Rafael VAN DER VAART8Hanno BALITSCH
(p,f)Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR9HUGO Miguel ALMEIDA(p)
Sergio AGÜERO10ELANO Blumer
Lukas PODOLSKI11Mauro 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  16RAÚL 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