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MADRID: Ten-man Malaga beat Sevilla 2-1 on Sunday night in a fiery Andalusian derby to leap above their local rivals into seventh position in La Liga, one point behind a potential place in next season’s Europa League.
The Brazilian centre-half Weligton and Uruguayan midfielder Seba Fernandez got first-half goals for Malaga either side of an Antonio Luna strike for Sevilla.
Malaga lost Francisco Alarcon ‘Isco’ with 12 minutes remaining for a second yellow card after a bad foul on Alvaro Negredo but held out for the win that brought to an end a run of three consecutive league defeats.
Sevilla are now six league games without a win and drop into the bottom half of the league for the first time this season.
Earlier, Valencia...
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