The Yellow Submarine had to come from behind after Eliseu put the hosts in front with a well struck drive but two goals in three minutes from Santi Cazorla and Giuseppe Rossi put them in front and Cazorla added his second of the evening minutes after Jose Rondon's 30th minute equaliser.
Los Boquerones cause wasn't helped when Eliseu saw red shortly before the nfl jerseys
interval for a supposed headbutt on Carlos Marchena, although the veteran Spain international made the most of it.
It was the ideal start to the contest from Jesualdo Ferreira's men as Apono laid off a free kick to Eliseu and the Portuguese rifled his shot in off the crossbar from the edge of the box with an unstoppable effort.
That was Malaga's tenth goal of the season, making them top goal scorers in the Primera Liga, although they failed to add a win that would have propelled them above rivals Sevilla into to sixth in the table, as Villarreal soon sparked to life.
Midway through the opening period a corner to the visitors was cleared only to the edge of the box and Marcos Senna nodded to Cazorla who cut right to open up space to shoot before driving a low shot goalwards but his 20-yard effort only beat Ruben thanks to a wicked deflection off Apono.
Three minutes later they led as Rossi linked well with the in-form Nilmar who fed the American-born Italian into the penalty box and he tidily slipped it past the advancing 'keeper into the opposite corner.
Malaga responded and were level just on the half hour mark as Quincy whipped Chicago Bears jersey
an excellent cross in from the left wing allowing Rondon the simplest of tasks to net his third in three games with a close range header.
The entertaining, end-to-end football continued with the Yellow Submarine regaining the lead four minutes later with a sublime team goal. Cazorla opened space in midfield with a clever one-two with Rossi before another excellent interchange with Nilmar gave him space at the edge of the box to angle a low drive beyond the outstretched Malaga shot stopper to put the visitors back in command.
Just before the interval came the dismissal of Eliseu, which in many ways was reminiscent of Rivaldo's shameless play-acting at World Cup 2002 as Marchena fell as though he was shot after the slightest facial contact from the Portuguese which looked more like a continental greeting than a forceful headbutt.
THe second half, inevitably, was dominated by visitors with a man advantage but for all their dominance they failed to extend their lead. Rossi and Borja Valero who had proved so influential in the first 45 faded in the second as Malaga toiled to stay in the contest.
The league's top scorer Nilmar, took a great save out of Ruben midway through the second period but Cazorla was guilty on a couple of occasions of looking for his hat-trick with team-mates better placed to kill off the challenge of los Boquerones.
Malaga, to their credit, refused to lie down and had the ball in the net although Fernando's exquisite volley was correctly flagged offside but they contested until the closing stages prompting Juan Carlos Garrido to indroduce Gonzalo Rodriguez for valero to shore up his defence and they held on to move second behind leaders New Orleans Saints jersey
Valencia.
For the hosts, who have scored 11 goals this season, an improved defensive resolve will surely make them a team to watch this term having netted at least twice more than any other team thus far this season.
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