Out of favour Super Eagles’ Ikechukwu Uche scored two goals and earned a penalty to in his Villarreal’s 3-0 win against 10-man Levante in the Spanish league on Sunday.
Villarreal’s victory in Valencia kept it in fourth place and in control of Spain’s last Champions League spot.
Uche broke free in the area in the 10th minute and was brought down by goalkeeper Keylor Navas, who was shown a direct red card.
Bruno Soriano stroked in the penalty kick after Javi Jimenez replaced Navas.
Jimenez kept Levante in the match until Soriano delivered a through ball for Uche to score in the 74th.
The Nigerian international scored with a bicycle kick in the 89th.
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