Rodriguez nets as Mallorca beat relegation-threatened Celta Vigo

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Rodriguez nets as Mallorca beat relegation-threatened Celta Vigo
Daniel Rodriguez scored on the hour mark for the hosts
Daniel Rodriguez scored on the hour mark for the hosts
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Real Mallorca claimed a hard-fought 1-0 win over Celta Vigo, ending the visitors’ four-match unbeaten run in LaLiga and leaving Carlos Carvalhal’s side perilously close to the relegation zone.

Celta looked the more likely to force an opening in a cagey first half, as Gabri Veiga tested the water with a long-range effort which was comfortably saved by Predrag Rajkovic, while an Iago Aspas free-kick from a promising position failed to beat the wall.

Aspas later looked to take matters into his own hands with a mazy run down the pitch, only to fire his shot considerably wide of the target.

Javier Aguirre freshened up his Los Piratas side after the break with the introduction of Clement Grenier and Tino Kadewere for Iddrisu Baba and Amath Ndiaye, but it was the unchanged visitors that came agonisingly close to breaking the deadlock within three minutes of the restart.

Jorgen Strand Larsen shot just wide at the end of a sweeping counter-attack after being teed up by Aspas

This appeared to spark the contest into life, and after dusting themselves off it was Mallorca who struck first through a sublimely-worked goal.

Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta brilliantly found Pablo Maffeo, who showed fine persistence down the right to pick out Dani Rodriguez before his clinical finish into the bottom corner. It was the 34-year-old’s first league goal of the campaign and ignited a party atmosphere inside the stadium.

Los Celestes were determined to be party poopers though, and Rajkovic did well to push away a stinging drive from Oscar Rodriguez.

The tireless Aspas then saw his angled left-footed strike take a wicked deflection before just sailing past the far post, summing up a frustrating evening for the Galicians, who left the Balearic island empty handed.

The result leaves Aguirre’s men in comfortable mid-table obscurity, with a third consecutive home league win leaving Mallorca tenth.

Meanwhile, Celta will be looking nervously over their shoulders when this weekend’s fixtures take place as Carvalhal’s team remain in 16th with 18 points, just one more than Cadiz in the bottom three, who also have a game in hand.

Flashscore Man of the Match: Dani Rodriguez (Real Mallorca)

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