Girona striker Artem Dovbyk scored a quick-fire, first-half hat-trick to assist them to a 5-1 dwelling win over Sevilla on Sunday because the hosts reclaimed high spot in LaLiga.
Surprise bundle Girona sit alone on the summit with 52 factors, one forward of Real Madrid, who beat Almeria earlier on Sunday and have one sport in hand. Sevilla stay seventeenth with 16 factors, one away from the relegation zone.
With the win, the Catalan facet additionally set an all-time membership factors document for a high flight season.
“We are very happy because we have achieved one of our goals, which was to reach 52 points, the first was to avoid relegation,” Girona coach Michel instructed DAZN.
“The third objective was to finish in the top three, now we have the target of reaching European competitions and step by step we will see if we can do it.”
The guests took an early lead, courtesy of Isaac Romero’s objective after 10 minutes, nevertheless it was short-lived as Dovbyk’s towering header within the six-yard field from Savio’s cross made it 1-1 within the thirteenth minute.
Dovbyk put Girona forward two minutes later from Portu’s go after a break earlier than the Ukraine worldwide bagged his hat-trick within the nineteenth minute with a superb low shot for his 14th league objective this season.
That put the 26-year-old stage with Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham on the high of the LaLiga scoring chart.
Girona prolonged their lead as Viktor Tsygankov scored with a easy end from Savio’s second help of the evening within the fifty fifth minute earlier than substitute Cristhian Stuani sealed the rout within the final minute of standard time.
“We are not aware of how difficult it is to achieve this,” Girona ahead Portu mentioned. “You can feel the happiness on the pitch. The day-to-day is spectacular. You can see the happiness.”
Girona tackle Mallorca within the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday earlier than visiting Celta Vigo on Sunday in LaLiga.
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