Athletic Bilbao and Eibar shared the spoils as they opened Week 21 of La Liga with a 1-1 draw on Friday in Basque country, where Aritz Aduriz and Kike Garcia were the respective scorers.
Los Leones could have leaped up five places to seventh with a win at San Mames, but Jose Luis Mendilibar's visitors fought back after conceding early in the second half to take a point from their short trip west.
The two teams went in scoreless at half-time, but a simple Aduriz header broke the deadlock before Kike levelled for Eibar, who temporarily move up to seventh with one point.