Argentinian Éver Banega tried to prevent a free kick goal by Espanyol, but ended up helping them equalize (1-1) in the shot taken by Adri Embarba around the 35th minute of the first half.
The midfielder from Sevilla slid behind the wall ordered by goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik and the ball, when heading towards the goal, hit him, helping Espanyol to level the score at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuan stadium.
2-2 Draw
Sevilla wasted a good opportunity to enter the Champions League spots by drawing 2-2 against a team struggling in the relegation positions, Espanyol, in a match corresponding to the 24th round of the Spanish League.
The home team quickly took the lead thanks to a header goal by Argentinian Lucas Ocampos (15'), but after a controversial VAR decision, the Catalan team equalized from a free kick by Adrián Embarba (35').
The blanquiazul team took the lead in the second half with a goal from their Chinese forward Wu Lei (50). But the comeback didn't survive until the final whistle due to the beautiful 2-2 equalizer goal by striker Suso (80'), a Sevilla signing in the winter transfer market, taking advantage of Víctor Sánchez's (69') expulsion for a second yellow card.