Valencia 1 - 1 Granada CF: Nani leveller earns Valencia deserved point - 7M sport

Valencia 1 - 1 Granada CF: Nani leveller earns Valencia deserved point



Posted Monday, November 21, 2016 by PA

Nani rescued a 1-1 draw for Valencia and denied rock-bottom Granada a first La Liga win of the season.

Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez fired the visitors in front before half-time, but Portugal star Nani struck immediately after the break.

Granada started brightly and Valencia keeper Diego Alves made two early saves to deny the lively Carcela-Gonzalez.

But Valencia got a foothold in the game and Nani fired an effort wide before Guillermo Ochoa saved from Rodrigo and then kept out Nani's header.

Granada finished the first half strongly, however, with Artem Kravets firing two presentable opportunities narrowly over the crossbar.

And they made the breakthrough in first-half stoppage time following a swift counter-attack.

Kravets' through-ball split the Valencia back four and Carcela-Gonzalez raced between two defenders before lifting his shot over Alves.

However, the lead lasted just two minutes of the second half before Nani struck.

Daniel Parejo controlled a high ball into the area on his chest, but instead of shooting he unselfishly dragged the ball back into the path of Nani to slot home.

Valencia pressed for a winner and Mario Suarez saw his fierce drive from outside the box saved by Ochoa.

Nani then came agonisingly close to grabbing his second when he latched on to Munir's pass and fizzed his shot inches wide.

But Granada could also have stolen victory, with Jeremie Boga teeing up Carcela-Gonzalez, whose shot was kept out by Alves.

However, they were grateful to Ochoa for protecting the point in stoppage time when he got down low to keep out Rodrigo's header.



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