Ghanaian striker, Inaki Williams was named the most valuable player in Athletic Bilbao's 2-1 win against Espanyol in La Liga on Saturday afternoon.
The game was not easy for Athletic Bilbao in the early minutes. However, the visitors struggled with creativity and to translate that dominance into a proper advantage until Iñaki Williams showed up. The Ghana international took advantage of a delightful assist from Dani García to drill a shot into the bottom-left corner and out of Fernando Pacheco’s reach.
The Black Stars striker dedicated the goal with a hug to his brother Nico Williams.
Athletic was much better and was controlling the game comfortably, but a mistake at the back a few minutes to half-time allowed former Barcelona striker Martin Braithwaite to score but his goal was canceled by VAR.
In the second half of the clash, Athletic wanted to score a set piece, Guruzeta almost scored in the 57th minute in a good action and Iñaki had is a clear chance to score but his effort went wide in the 68th minute.
Nico Williams came on in the 69th minute, and the Spanish international scored in the 75th minute from a Gorka Guruzeta pass to make it 2-0.
Sergi Darder scored the consolation goal for Espanyol in the 90th minute.
The result sees the Inaki's side leapfrog Osasuna in the standings and now sit just four points behind a European spot.
