Celta thrashes Athletic to continue their feat in Spanish league

Hugo Mallo and Iago Aspas netted in the second half to give a huge boost to Celta Vigo in the humiliating collapse of Athletic Bilbao by 2-0 to record consecutive wins in La Liga. Vigo club makes a comeback after a winless streak that stretched to eight-matches moving out of the relegation zone to stand tall at 14th place on the table. Athletic on the other hand was going strong with three straight home victories to ultimately surrender to Celta to stay put at 9th place as they lost the opportunity to win.

Celta went ahead when Mallo bashed in a header in the 61st minute and a mistake by Athletic goalkeeper Unai Simon turned grievous when Aspas scored the second goal in the 78th minute. The next matches to watch out for would be Atletico Madrid vs Valladolid, Leader of the table Real Sociedad visits Alaves, as well as the great match between the 4th and 5th placed teams, Real Madrid and Sevilla. While Barcelona with visit Cadiz to put an end to this weekend.