Levante midfielder Ruben Suarez: "Right now we are the team to beat" – La Liga News
La Liga surprise package, Levante, won their seventh match on the trot against Real Sociedad. In the aftermath of the result, midfielder Ruben Suarez has claimed that his team is the side to beat in the competition so far.
Suarez scored in dying moments of the domestic fixture, allowing Levante to take all the points on offer.
Sociedad started the match strongly, taking a well deserved 0-1 advantage on the half time whistle. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-c9879 Estrada scored for the visitors to give La Granotes something to worry about during the break.
Levante returned after the interval in jubilant fashion, scoring two goals by the hour-mark to turn the match around.
The 31-year-old Spaniard, Nano, equalized in the 56th minute. The defenders goal was followed by Cape Verdean winger Valdo’s strike to take the lead.
Sociedad equalized with four minutes of normal time remaining, as Inigo http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martinez-c24468 added to the score line.
However, the efforts of Sociedad were undone by Ruben Suarez, whose brilliantly taken free-kick was enough for Levante to win the match with only seconds remaining.
The win takes La Liga minnows back to top of the standings. Levante have taken 23 points from 9 matches, putting up an impressive run of seven successive wins.
Estadio Ciutat de Valencia-based team is yet to lose a game in Primera Division, winning 7 and drawing 2 in the current campaign.
Following their impressive form of late, Levante’s hero of the night, Ruben Suarez, claimed that they are the team to beat at the moment.
"Another short week but more to enjoy at the moment. Today, we are the team to beat, although it took nine days, but today, we are the first and people want to win," said Ruben.
The experienced midfielder also noted that the match was difficult than it appeared to be, but they fought until the end to merit their victory.
Ruben was happy with his performance and the dramatic winner he scored was everything that he wanted at the time. Describing his scintillating shot, he said that he hit it with everything he got, and it could not have come at a better time.
"It was the best time to plug it in, I hit it with everything I had," Suarez noted.
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