Harvey Elliott must repeat Liverpool transfer trick as criticism grows in Spain
Liverpool Echo · Ian Doyle · 24 Sept 2026
Momentum
Rayo VallecanoValencia
0′HT90′
Timeline
CommentaryRayo VallecanoValencia
- 5'GIsi Palazón (assist: Ó. Trejo)
- 21'Ivan Balliu — yellow card
- 35'Isi Palazón — yellow card
- 52'OGNico González (own goal)
- 56'Marcos André → Nico González
- 62'Stole Dimitrievski — yellow card
- 63'Santi Comesaña — yellow card
- 64'J. Kluivert → Hugo Duro
- 64'Toni Lato → José Gayà
- 68'Yunus Musah — yellow card
- 69'P. Ciss → Sergio Camello
- 69'R. Falcao → Santi Comesaña
- 70'Óscar Trejo — yellow card
- 76'Unai López → Ó. Trejo
- 76'R. Nteka → Isi Palazón
- 77'André Almeida → Hugo Guillamón
- 87'José Ángel Pozo → Óscar Valentín
- 90+4'Thierry Correia — yellow card
- 90+3'GM. Diakhaby (assist: André Almeida)
Lineups
Pitch viewRayo Vallecano4-2-3-1
Coach: Andoni Iraola
Starting XI
- 1S. DimitrievskiG
- 20I. BalliuD
- 19F. LejeuneD
- 5CatenaD
- 3Fran GarcíaD
- 6Santi ComesañaM
- 23Óscar ValentínM
- 7Isi PalazónM
- 8Ó. TrejoM
- 18Álvaro GarcíaM
- 34Sergio CamelloF
Substitutes
- 21P. CissM
- 9R. FalcaoF
- 17Unai LópezM
- 11R. NtekaM
- 22José Ángel PozoM
- 15Pep ChavarríaD
- 30Miguel MorroG
- 4Mario SuárezD
- 24E. SaveljichD
- 10BebéF
- 16A. MuminD
- 2Mario HernándezD
Valencia4-2-3-1
Coach: G. Gattuso
Starting XI
- 25G. MamardashviliG
- 2Thierry CorreiaD
- 5Gabriel PaulistaD
- 12M. DiakhabyD
- 14José GayàD
- 6Hugo GuillamónM
- 17Nico GonzálezM
- 11Samu CastillejoM
- 4Y. MusahM
- 16Samuel LinoM
- 19Hugo DuroF
Substitutes
Head to head
All meetingsKey players
Goalkeeper
6.86Rating6.59
3Apps7
270Minutes630
4.00Saves /903.14
1.67Conceded /901.43
64%Pass acc.59%
Defender
6.95Rating6.87
5Apps5
398Minutes330
2.71Tackles /902.73
0.45Interceptions /901.09
0.00Blocks /900.27
6.11Duels won /904.64
Midfielder
6.84Rating7.06
7Apps4
556Minutes317
0Goals0
3Assists0
2.59Key passes /900.57
85%Pass acc.85%
0.65Dribbles won /900.57
Forward
7.89Rating6.69
7Apps6
470Minutes270
7Goals0
1Assists0
2.11On target /900.33
0.96Dribbles won /901.00
From 14 matches this season.
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