Santi Mina and Luciano Vietto stopped Valencia rot
Los Che won 2-1 but it was a controversial victory
Valencia saw off local rivals Levante on Sunday to stop a run of six defeats becoming seven, but the win was controversial.
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Valencia
Neto; Montoya, Vezo, Gabriel, Gayà; Carlos Soler (Maksimovic, 90'), Parejo, Kondogbia (Coquelin, 73'), Guedes; Santi Mina, Vietto (Zaza, 78').
Levante
Oier; Coke (Boateng, 87'), Postigo, Róber, Luna; Doukouré (Bardhi, 72'), Lukic (Roger, 72'), Campaña; Morales, Ivi; Pazzini.
Goles
1-0 M 16 Santi Mina. 1-1 M 18 Postigo. 2-1 M 65 Vietto. 3-1 M 89 Parejo (pen.).
Árbitro
Medié Jiménez (Catalunya). TA: Vietto (48'), Santi Mina (57') y Gayà (71') / Róber (12'), Bardhi (84'), Postigo (84') y Luna (87').
Campo
Mestalla. 38.199 espectadores.
Santi Mina scored in the 17th minute befor Sergio Postigo pulled Levante level in the 18th at Mestalla.
In the 65th minute Coke had a goal unfairly ruled out for a foul when the referee adjudged Gaya to have been fouled - but it was his team-mate Gabriel who knocked him.
Valencia broke away and Luciano Vietto struck to put the hosts ahead, before Dani Parejo scored a late penalty - also controversial, because Zaza won it despite appearing to foul his marker Rober, rather than the other way around.
