Vicente Iborra scored a late goal to give Sevilla a 2-1 comeback win over Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of their all-Spanish Europa League quarter-final.
Iborra latched on to Kevin Gameiro's pass and slid the ball into the net to give Sevilla their first away win in the Europa League this season and put one foot in the semi-finals.
The home side gained the upper hand when Aritz Aduriz scored just after half-time, but Iker Muniain's poor defensive header allowed Sevilla a golden chance to equalise and Timothee Kolodziejczak levelled the scores.
A draw would have given Sevilla the impetus in the tie, but Iborra’s winner gave the second leg an entirely different complexion and kept the Andalusians firmly on course for their third consecutive Europa League title.
A slip from the substitute almost allowed Inaki Williams to open the scoring as Athletic pressed, and the 21-year-old forward was involved in much of the hosts' best early attacking play.
Michael Krohn-Dehli split the Bilbao defence with a superb throughball only to see Vitolo denied by a great save from Iago Herrerin, before Bilbao's leading scorer Aduriz went within inches of opening the scoring when he headed Benat’s free-kick onto the post.
Bilbao took the lead within two minutes of the restart, Aduriz evading Coke to connect with Muniains cross and score his ninth Europa League goal of the season with a powerful header.
A brilliant save by Soria kept Xabier Etxeita’s header out as the home side looked to extend their advantage but Sevilla then drew level, less than 10 minutes after they had fallen behind.
Muniain was attempting a simple header back to Herrerin but he failed to put enough power on it and the error was pounced on by Banega, who pulled it back for Kolodziejczak to slam home from close range.
