Own goals gift Valencia 2-1 home win over Ghent

Valencia created it 2 wins out of 3 in Champions League cluster H once own goals from the jinxed Lasse Nielsen and Stefan Mitrovic talented the La Liga facet a 2-1 finish over Belgian champions Gent on Tues.

After losing 3-2 reception to Zenit St Petersburg Campaign in their gap game, Valencia revived their bid for an area within the spherical of sixteen once a Sofiane Feghouli effort secured a 1-0 success in city last month.

The Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria international was once more decisive at a rainy Mestalla, vying with Nielsen to be initial to a Joao Cancelo centre and forcing the Dane to place the ball into his own web within the fifteenth minute.

Valencia nearly doubled their lead ten minutes later however Santi minah and Dani Parejo were denied by an excellent double save from goalkeeper Matz Sels.

The guests levelled 5 minutes before the break once Thomas Foket chested the ball down within the penalty space and smashed an excellent angular  shot high past Jaume Domenech within the home goal.

Valencia struggled to exert management within the half, with the fans at the Mestalla changing into more and more annoyed till a Jose Gaya cross-shot ricocheted into Infobahn off the unfortunate Mitrovic eighteen minutes from time.

It was few vintage performance from Valencia, back within the Champions League once a biennial absence, however tightened their grip on second place within the section with six points.

Zenit lead on a most 9 points once they won 3-1 reception to city, with Gent and city every on one purpose.
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