Villarreal had a chance to close the points gap with Real Sociedad. And continue to try to move into the top four of the points table. But they can't do it. Villarreal can't win against Valencia. The match was drawn 1-1. Takahara also didn't think Villarreal's performance was good. Valencia was not a strong team. Villarreal's performance against such a team should have been stronger. But Villarreal attacked very little in this match. And I would say this is one of the reasons why Villarreal lost points. A defensive strategy should not be played against a weak team like Valencia.
That match was completely dominating by Villarreal with better on ball control and having enough chances, but sadly they were not able to convert their chances into goals which give them draw and lost of two crucial points which are now going to end their hopes for the top four with now Real Sociedad having 7 points lead which is surely not easy to cut in just five remaining games of this season with Valencia is mostly in relegation zone for the long time with most chances they can go down if they are not going to have improved performance in next few matches, but this match result is surely having big impact on Villarreal chance for the top four and Champions League spot. They need to be aggressive in this match against a weaker side which was struggling and have no good record in last few matches, but now things already ended in next round we have Villarreal vs Athletic which is also going to be interesting match.
