Karl Toko Ekambi was on target twice, while Samuel Chukwueze created a goal, as Villarreal brushed aside Alaves 4-1 at Estadio de la Ceramica in La Liga.
The Yellow Submarines have been in good form of late, winning four of their last six games, and the Cameroon international got them going early in the 13th minute via a swift counter-attack, Gerard Moreno’s pass finding the 27-year old, and Alaves goalie Fernando Pacheco helpless in stopping his powerful low shot from going into the bottom left corner of the net.
The visitors would go on to equalise courtesy of Lucas Perez’s bicycle kick in the 50th minute of play.