With left-back Marcos Acuna and midfielder Papi Gueye suspended, and presumably having Thursday’s conflict with United in thoughts, Mendilibar made a whopping eight modifications from the facet that lined up at Previous Trafford final week for the conflict towards Valencia.
The alterations paid off, nonetheless, with centre-back Loic Bade squeezing the ball residence from a nook after a defensive mix-up within the hosts’ field, with 55 minutes on the clock.
Shortly after, Valencia had a penalty shout waved away when the ball appeared to strike Bade’s arm. The referee reviewed the decision on the VAR monitor and caught to his preliminary determination to not give the spot-kick.
