Berenguer made his decision from the penalty spot in the 98th minute in an exciting match against Celta

Celta took the lead twice After two long-range shots from Iago Aspas and Ivorian Jonathan Bamba, the second from Oihan Sancet, tied the game at 1-1, the visitors took advantage of the loose ball in the area towards Nico Williams’ centre.

Gorka Guruzeta drewHe completed the comeback at the end of the first half and the beginning of the second half after Nico’s pass, Nico’s shot was rejected by Vicente Guaita and Jorgen Strand Larsen made the score 3-3 at his own request after the service. A counterattack from Aspas.

And Celta could still score 3-4 with Guruzeta’s penalty, but in the international duel Unai Simón beat Aspas with a stretching effort to clear the ball near the post. The light blue team could not score from 11 meters, but the red and white team did. Especially after Berenguer fouled Oscar Mingueza for maximum.

With this victory Athletic strengthens its position in European positions and while they are provisionally inching closer to the Champions League, Celta’s defeat keeps them in crisis and in a relegation position.

At the start, Rafa Benítez had to replace the double pivot due to the suspension of the Peruvian Renato Tapia, who received a red card against Sevilla, and the muscle discomfort in the last minute of Hugo Sotelo, and Ernesto Valverde repeated the team’s 2-3 result. Villareal.

Accident It’s already started crazy with two arrivalsOne in each area, from Nico to De Marcos’ center in the 2nd minute and to Bamba in the 4th minute after a great diagonal from Beltrán.

For the remainder of the first quarter hour the conflict seemed to slow down a bit but that was about it. Guru’s shot through Nico’s center created a succession of chances, mostly for Celta, which led to Aspas’ first goal being disallowed for offside. The light blue ’10’ collected the rebound from Unai Simón’s save on Larsen’s shot.

The ‘prince of the trunks’ was not happy as he missed a shot that went wide of the local goal. But after beating Celtiña captain Paredes for the third time, he missed with a threading shot from outside to inside from 20 yards. I couldn’t stop Simon.

Athletic already had two good chances earlier but neither Guruzeta nor Sancet could respond to Williams’ good crosses.

After 1-1, the lions surrounded Guaita’s goal, but it could not be said that Sancet would spend the day in this area. But this proved to be the wrong idea as Nico’s center touch touched Mingueza and was weakly cleared by Starfelt. Vesga allowed the international ‘8’ to tie the game.

The joy of the local fans was short-lived, as Bamba made the score 1-2 with a wonderful shot from the front and from the right of the defeated Simón.

And that wasn’t enough because Athletic did not change its mind, insisted on approach After Nico’s cross, which was stopped by Guaita, they made it 2-2 on the last day of a long first half that lasted 50 minutes.

Things didn’t change at halftime either because Athletic came out hard and made the score 3-2. Nico looked to have made it and completed another fine cross from De Marcos, but Guruzeta did it in his own way, namely by getting in front of the defense after another great play from Nico.

Sancet can score 4-2 Nico finishes a center too highbut two goals came from Celta. The first was canceled out for a new offside to Larsen and the second was for Larsen after a pass from Aspas following a good counter from Vigo.

He was able to: Celtic Penalty 3-4 due to Guruzeta’s handball reviewed by VAR, but Aspas’ fierce shot in the 72nd minute was stopped by international starter Simón showing his stripes.

Led by Sancet and Dani García, Athletic also had chances in the final siege, but Penalty decision was given after Mingueza’s handball in a safe location.