**13. Simon Eriksson:** His best performance as Racing’s goalkeeper, and the match where he had the most work to do. He caught Diego García’s weak shot in the first half, but later produced a fine save from Naim’s cross-shot and another in a near one-on-one with Diego García.
**2. Álvaro Mantilla:** The weakest link in the defense. Leganés played asymmetrically, pushing Juan Cruz inside and leaving the entire flank for Naim, who caused him constant trouble behind his back. He did make a few celebrated clearances, a trademark of his.
Salinas came close to scoring, but his shot was poor.
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**4. Manu Hernando:** He had a black eye, but looked flawless. Another exhibition from the Palencia-born center-back, who produced a fine flick-on from a corner in attack and was perfect in his tackles, especially one against Duk just as the striker was licking his lips in the six-yard box. He looked very comfortable in physical duels with Diego García.
**21. Pablo Ramón:** Alert and focused throughout, timing his interventions well and keeping things simple with the ball at his feet.
**32. Jorge Salinas:** Impeccable in defense, keeping Duk under control at all times. However, he lacked sharpness in attack; he had a clear chance but struck it poorly, not even hitting the target.
**14. Maguette Gueye:** Another big day for the Senegalese midfielder. He scored a brilliant goal from the edge of the box, curling it left-footed inside the post: a strike that found the back of the net. He is one of the most in-form midfielders in the division.
Maguette scored a superb goal.
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**19. Gustavo Puerta:** A relentless terrier, constantly breaking up Leganés’ attacks with fouls. He gave Dani Rodríguez a tough time and picked up his 13th yellow card of the season.
**11. Andrés Martín:** Quite anonymous, which is why José Alberto had no hesitation in substituting him with over 20 minutes left. However, he did contribute to Maguette’s goal by breaking into space and delivering a cross from the right. Later, he tried a shot from distance but didn’t trouble Juan Soriano.
**18. Peio Canales:** Another strong performance from the Athletic midfielder, who constantly offered himself, attacked space, and drew fouls. He broke well into space and played a good pass to Guliashvili, but the ball didn’t reach him. He then led a transition and ended up shooting, but it went wide.
Iñigo Vicente played all 99 minutes.
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**10. Iñigo Vicente:** He lasted the entire match, largely because his main contribution was defensive. Still, whenever he gets the ball, it feels like something could happen.
**7. Giorgi Guliashvili:** More anonymous than in other games, but he left with an assist. He was close to connecting with a pass from Peio Canales, but the Leganés defense was quicker.
**Substitutes:**
**15. Marco Sangalli (67′):** Replaced Andrés Martín. He claimed for a penalty shortly after coming on, but had few other notable actions.
Asier Villalibre has 15 goals. A huge number.
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**12. Asier Villalibre (67′):** Replaced Giorgi Guliashvili. He was the victim of a very silly penalty conceded by Rubén Pulido and completely fooled Juan Soriano from the spot.
**5. Javi Castro (90′):** Replaced Pablo Ramón. He had little to do, but generally handled things. Perhaps he closed in too much on Asué’s goal, who headed in unmarked between him and Salinas.
**5. Damián Rodríguez (90′):** Replaced Gustavo Puerta. Too few minutes and interventions to make a judgment.
**Leganés – Racing**
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