Fernandez Sanchez scores last-gasp equaliser to secure point for Espanyol against Sevilla

[p]Coming into the contest on the back of successive LaLiga defeats, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/espanyol/QFfPdh1J/"]Espanyol[/a] started brightly in Catalonia, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hernandez-javier/8QF1BiDA/"]Javier Hernández[/a] seeing a long-range strike smartly saved by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vlachodimos-odisseas/2slo0WN2/"]Odysseas Vlachodimos[/a].[/p][p]The hosts remained on the front foot as the first half progressed, but clear-cut openings came at a premium, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/calatrava-alex/b13gbSqm/"]Alex Calatrava[/a] fired a speculative effort wide from 25 yards.[/p][p]Having failed to create anything of note in the opening period, Sevilla looked to up the ante at the start of the second half, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sangante-arouna/lGwSlg7D/"]Arouna Sangante[/a]’s header was comfortably saved by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dmitrovic-marko/pO8Jn4Xm/"]Marko Dmitrovic[/a].[/p][p]Less than a minute later, Sangante was shown a straight red card, with the Sevilla centre-back bringing down [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-roberto/l2dekgrS/"]Roberto Fernández[/a] as the last man.[/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="5140a20d-8cf5-4c73-b9a8-04c6f0138371" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="b9f9454c-af94-48eb-b9a0-611f0f0d239d" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Armed with the numerical advantage heading into the final half-hour, Espanyol thought they’d broken the deadlock in the 62nd minute, only for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/el-hilali-omar/z9FaGS78/"]Omar El Hilali[/a]’s clinical strike to be ruled out for an offside. That nearly proved costly for the hosts, as Sevilla substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stassin-lucas/IshwKNji/"]Lucas Stassin[/a] saw a low effort thwarted by Dmitrovic.[/p][p]Undeterred, debutant Stassin made no mistake with five minutes to go, as the Belgian forward latched onto a loose ball in the box and volleyed home expertly into the bottom corner.[/p][p]That sparked Espanyol into life as Manolo González’s men pushed for a late leveller, and after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-marcos/ERWaZ0KA/"]Fernandez[/a] spurned a couple of chances, an equaliser finally arrived in the eighth minute of stoppage time, with Marcos Fernandez Sanchez converting a rebound from six yards to snatch a dramatic point at the death.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/exposito-edu/SChm1pCo/"]Edu Exposito[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/espanyol/QFfPdh1J/"]RCD Espanyol[/a])[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/espanyol-QFfPdh1J/sevilla-h8oAv4Ts/summary/stats/?mid=tIPbVVIs"]Check out all the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/p][infobox id="14dacc89-3234-4d6e-b854-e74d05c9dce3" /]