MADRID, Feb 15: An unfortunate own-goal by goalkeeper Unai Simón ended Athletic Bilbao’s unbeaten run as the club fell to a 3-2 loss to Mallorca in the Spanish league on Monday.
Athletic rallied from two goals down in the second half but conceded in the 88th minute when Takefusa Kubo’s shot from close range hit the post and bounced off Simón’s head before going back into the net.
The goal ended Athletic’s five-match unbeaten run in all competitions and kept the Basque Country club from moving closer to the European qualification places in the Spanish league. It stayed in eighth place. It was the second win in a row for 15th-place Mallorca after it had lost four straight in the league. Mallorca is 15th.
The hosts opened the scoring with a penalty kick converted by Salva Sevilla in the 22nd and added to the lead in the 30th through Ángel Rodríguez before Athletic came back with a goal by Raúl García in the 59th and another by Álex Berenguer in the 61st at Son Moix Stadium. (AP)
