La Liga
February 6, 2012
Granada
2 - 1
Málaga
La Liga
20:00 +00:00, February 6, 2012
Estadio Los Cármenes
Lopez strike sinks Malaga
Scoring Summary
| Granada | Málaga |
|---|---|
| Odion Ighalo (57') | Rondon (68') |
| Inigo Lopez (81') |
Teams
| Granada | Málaga |
|---|---|
| 25 Júlio César | 13 Wilfredo Caballero |
| 9 Borja Gomez | 3 Robson |
| 8 Inigo Lopez | 5 Martín Demichelis |
| 6 Guillherme Siqueira | 15 Nacho Monreal |
| 2 Allan-Roméo Nyom | 2 Jesus Gamez |
| 14 Moreno Mikel Rico | 8 Jeremy Toulalan |
| 19 Hassan Yebda | 16 Enzo Maresca |
| 7 Odion Ighalo | 20 Diego Buonanotte |
| 17 Carlos Martins | 12 Santi Cazorla |
| 11 Daniel González Benítez | 23 Rondon |
| 12 Franco Jara | 11 Sebastián Fernández |
| Substitutes | |
| 21 David Cortés | Idriss Kameni 25 |
| 20 Ikechukwu Uche | Duda 17 |
| 23 Abel | Joris Mathijsen 14 |
| 5 Mainz | Nacho Camacho 6 |
| 1 Juan Jose Figueras | Eliseu 18 |
| 4 Fran Rico | Juanmi 26 |
| 16 Henrique | Recio 28 |
| Substitutions | |
| Henrique for Daniel González Benítez (71) | Duda for Diego Buonanotte (62) |
| Ikechukwu Uche for Carlos Martins (85) | Recio for Enzo Maresca (70) |
| Fran Rico for Odion Ighalo (86) | Juanmi for Sebastián Fernández (80) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Moreno Mikel Rico (22) | Jesus Gamez (13) |
| Borja Gomez (31) | |
| Hassan Yebda (45) | |
| Allan-Roméo Nyom (75) | |
| Red Cards | |
| Martín Demichelis (83) | |
| · Squads: Granada | Málaga | |
Inigo Lopez struck nine minutes from time to give Granada a 2-1 victory that lifted them out of the Primera Division relegation zone and hurt Malaga's bid for European football.
Lopez followed up on the rebound to snatch the winner after Malaga's Jose Salomon Rondon had cancelled out the opener from Jude Ighalo.
Malaga finished the match with 10 men as Martin Demichelis was dismissed seven minutes from time for fouling Franco Jara.
Granada moved up from 18th to 14th place in the table, three points clear of the drop zone.
Malaga, knowing a win could lift them to sixth, began brightly with Nacho Monreal sending a shot just over a minute into the game.
Rondon had a shot tipped around the post by Julio Cesar, who then had to parry an effort from Santi Cazorla has they continued to push.
Demichelis was the next to go close, meeting Cazorla's corner with a header that Cesar pushed over for another corner, from which Diego Buonanotte's shot was held by the goalkeeper.
The hosts did not have a decent sight of goal until the 36th minute, when Willy Caballero saved Carlos Martins' long-range effort.
But Granada looked better in the second half, with Martins going much closer with another shot that Caballero did well to push aside for a corner, before Martins won a free-kick in a good position, only to send it straight into the wall.
They got the breakthrough in the 57th minute when Daniel Benitez crossed for Ighalo to head home from close range.
Malaga needed 10 minutes to respond, getting their equaliser through Rondon who turned home Monreal's cross.
Demichelis had another chance with a header from Sebastian Fernandez's free-kick, but could not get his effort on target and instead it was Granada who got back in front.
Guilherme Siqueira's shot was parried by Caballero but only as far as Lopez who rifled home the rebound.
To add insult to injury, Malaga then had Demichelis sent off for a crude challenge on Jara.