Ochoa hat-trick helps ambush Guadalajara

Former Guadalajara player Ochoa scored after a quarter of an hour when he leaped on to a poor back-pass and twice more in the dying minutes when the Chivas, Mexico's most popular team, were down to nine men in Saturday's match at their Omnilife stadium.

Guadalajara had striker Omar Bravo sent off with a straight red card just past the half hour and Patricio Araujo 13 minutes from time for a second bookable offence.

"The impression is that we've improved, but things don't stop here, we've only played eight fixtures and we've got to be wary," Cruz Azul coach Enrique Meza told reporters.

"The team's winning, playing well and creating chances which is important but we haven't achieved anything yet, we're just on a good run," said Villa.