Pépé’s 90+7' Equalizer Salvages Villarreal 1-1 Draw at Alavés

Overview

• Alavés led on 40 minutes when Toni Martínez’s backheel deflected off center back Rafa Marín for an own goal.
• Nicolas Pépé leveled in the seventh minute of added time, finishing a counterattack with a curling shot into the far corner.
• The result moves Villarreal above Atlético Madrid into third place by a single point, strengthening their top-four position.
• Alavés remain 16th in LaLiga, three points clear of the relegation zone after being denied victory at the death.
• Quique Sánchez Flores, coaching Alavés at home for the first time since replacing Eduardo Coudet, saw his side’s wait for a win continue.