Athletic win 3-1 over unfortute Villarreal

Villarreal, April 10: Spanish football club Athletic Bilbao defeated Villarreal 3-1, picking up a rare away win while inflicting a second straight loss on the hosts. The victory lifts Athletic into 12th place in La Liga. Villarreal remain in sixth, the fil Europa League spot, but lead Sevilla by just one point with seven matches left to play.Monday's match started badly for the home side. Just minutes after Athletic's Iñigo Cordoba scored in the 4th minute to give the visitors a 1-0 lead, the players and spectators at La Ceramica fell into a stunned silence when they saw Villarreal midfielder Pablo Forls fall to the ground far from the play. IANS