Athletic player ratings: Navarro stays firm as Sancet misses penalty | OneFootball

Navarro impressed with his work-rate and threat, while Sancet missed from the spot as Athletic faced Alavés. Nico Williams won the penalty and Unai Simón was rarely troubled.

According to as.com, Simón had nothing to do until the 75th minute, when he cleared outside his area. Laporte was assured, Paredes pushed into midfield and cleared decisively, and Berchiche worked hard, adding a cross-shot. Johaneko started, defended firmly and drove one over Sivera before making way at the break.

Galarreta steered the midfield with quality and was shown a yellow card. Jauregizar began, tested Sivera and grafted before being withdrawn at half-time. Sancet was imprecise between the lines.

Navarro pressed selflessly and was sharp, drawing a difficult stop from Sivera, later moving to the left and trying again after the interval. Williams led the line again but struggled for room against Alavés’ tight defence. Nico Williams persisted, swapped flanks with Navarro and won a penalty from Tenaglia.

Areso replaced Johaneko at 46, pushed on in attack and was booked for dissent. At 60, Sannadi came on for Williams and battled willingly, and Berenguer replaced Jauregizar, injecting spark, flashing a cross-shot just wide and cutting out an Ángel Pérez pass into the box.

Canales took over from Navarro at 74 to link play in advanced areas. Nico Serrano replaced Berchiche at 86, made his first league appearance of the season on the right and almost scored with a slightly high effort inside the area.

Source: as.com

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