Villarreal beat Elche 2-1 yesterday to keep pace with Atletico Madrid in the battle for third in La Liga. After Atletico, third, beat Real Sociedad on Saturday, Marcelino Garcia Toral's Yellow Submarine, fourth, pulled level on 54 poi
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Villarreal beat Elche 2-1 yesterday to keep pace with Atletico Madrid in the battle for third in La Liga.
After Atletico, third, beat Real Sociedad on Saturday, Marcelino Garcia Toral’s Yellow Submarine, fourth, pulled level on 54 points.
Tajon Buchanan and Santiago Mourino’s first-half goals were reward for a dominant performance by Villarreal, although Andre Silva pulled one back late on to make the hosts sweat. “We relaxed a bit, until the 70th minute we were dominating the game, then we suffered until the end and that can’t happen,” Mourino told Movistar.
Villarreal had a host of chances in the first half but Elche goalkeeper Matias Dituro made several good saves to keep Nicolas Pepe and Georges Mikautadze at bay.
Elche started the season superbly but are yet to win in 2026 or away from home across the campaign and have slumped to 17th, one point above the drop zone.
“I think with a bit more time we could have got level, we finished in the way we should have played the whole game,” said Silva.
