Last-gasp Adams goal sees Sevilla earn vital comeback win over Espanyol

[p]A 10-minute delay due to a pre-match VAR malfunction only served to allow the tension-tinged noise around the ground to gather heat. What unfolded, however, was a tense affair, and the best chance of the first half actually fell to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/espanyol/QFfPdh1J/"]Espanyol[/a] midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/exposito-edu/SChm1pCo/"]Edu Exposito[/a] in the 25th minute, as he found enough space inside the box to fire at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vlachodimos-odisseas/2slo0WN2/"]Odysseas Vlachodimos[/a], who produced a diving save away to his left.[/p][p]As it did in Monday’s win over Sociedad, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sanchez-alexis/QgGt7V0d/"]Alexis Sanchez[/a]’s introduction from the bench at half-time looked like a potential trump card for the home side. His deployment seemed to have paid dividends just moments after the restart.[/p][p]A sequence of passes and blocked shots around the Espanyol area culminated in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/carmona-jose-angel/dE2MbgQ4/"]Jose Angel Carmona[/a]’s shot ending up as a pass to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vargas-ruben/U7XUxOei/"]Ruben Vargas[/a], who in turn tried to shoot himself, but saw his effort deflected for Sanchez to tap in unmarked. However, the Chilean veteran was offside, immediately silencing the Sevilla faithful.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="ff158cb0-21b2-4d75-a2a4-6473212d150a" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="94bbf7e5-aff1-4657-973f-4e51a405068f" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]For a team in Sevilla’s position, there’s often only one outcome from that, and an agonising sucker punch arrived on 56’.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dolan-tyrhys/8plzNuNt/"]Tyrhys Dolan[/a] had grown into proceedings in the early second-half minutes, and he played a vital role in crafting his own opener, with a ball to the right flank being cut back into the area by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-roberto/l2dekgrS/"]Roberto Fernandez[/a] just before it dribbled out for a goal kick.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/castrin-andres/dtq7aw19/"]Andres Castrin[/a] badly misjudged the trajectory of the returning ball, allowing Dolan to take it down and fire low into the bottom-left corner.[/b][/p][p]The inevitable ‘Hail Mary’ from the Sevilla bench saw a trio of substitutions soon after Espanyol’s opener. Castrin was unable to atone for it at the first attempt, as he headed over at the end of a deep delivery into the box from Sanchez.[/p][p][b]However, he eventually did just that in the 82nd minute, marauding down the right from virtually nowhere and jinking into the box, before slotting low underneath [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dmitrovic-marko/pO8Jn4Xm/"]Dmitrovic[/a], who should have saved the effort with ease.[/b][/p][embed guid="3769accb-95d1-45e9-97a0-74d5089cc0b8" url="https://x.com/SevillaFC_ENG/status/2053151039822365158" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]That was the spark Sevilla needed to pile the pressure on, and they completed the turnaround as seven minutes of added time dawned, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adams-akor/nks9eiQ4/"]Akor Adams[/a] capitalising on a tiring Espanyol defence and unleashing a ferocious curling shot from distance into the bottom-right corner. [/b][/p][p]There was no response from Espanyol, and Sevilla will now go into a daunting trio of closing games sitting 12th with a three-point cushion from the drop zone. As for Espanyol, their collapse means that they could begin next weekend fourth-bottom and just two points clear of danger in what remains a relentless LaLiga relegation dogfight.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vlachodimos-odisseas/2slo0WN2/"]Odysseas Vlachodimos[/a] (Sevilla)[/b][/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="50a4bf57-6858-46dc-bf2f-459235452f74" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="056803d4-45b1-4468-b0c5-e80a97271139" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/espanyol-QFfPdh1J/sevilla-h8oAv4Ts/?mid=rBKZkCPc"]Check out the match summary here.[/a][/b][/p]