Chukwueze the only bright spot as Villarreal fail to recover from Liverpool loss

The Nigeria international was on the scoresheet as the Yellow Submarines followed their midweek loss at Anfield with another disappointing result at the Estadio Mendizorroza

Samuel Chukwueze scored his side’s only goal as Villarreal suffered a demoralising 2-1 defeat at Deportivo Alaves on Saturday.

Unai Emery’s men were looking to pick themselves up from their midweek loss to Liverpool in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal clash. Chukwueze and his teammates were completely outclassed at Anfield in a convincing 2-0 defeat.

Any hopes of preparing for the second leg with a morale-boosting win at the Estadio Mendizorroza was, however, extinguished within the opening half-hour as Alaves ran into a two-goal lead.

Chukwueze halved the deficit shortly after the halftime break with his third La Liga goal of the season.