Seville, April 14 (PTI/AFP): Sevilla overcame a red card, missed penalty and 2-0 deficit against Villarreal on April 14 to seal a valuable point in the race for Europa League qualification.
Wissam Ben Yedder was booked twice, each time for dissent, eight minutes after coming on as a second-haf substitute, with Sevilla already trailing to Dani Raba's strike nine minutes before the interval.
When Carlos Bacca then put Villarreal two up at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, 10-man Sevilla looked dead and buried, particularly when Nolito missed a penalty with 15 minutes left.
Villarreal's Jaume Costa, however, had been sent off for his protests against the spot-kick and, with both teams a man down, Sevilla added a dramatic finish to a pulsating contest.
Nolito made amends for his earlier error by converting from close range and, in the 82nd minute, Steven Nzonzi grabbed a brilliant equaliser, his stunning long-range shot bending inside the bottom corner for 2-2.
The draw means Sevilla stay a point behind sixth-placed Villarreal in La Liga and five adrift of Real Betis in fifth.
Despite his late strike, however, Nzonzi told beIN Sports: "We had to win, we didn't win so we are not happy.
