Nigeria international Ikechukwu Uche was amongst the goalscorers as Villarreal defeated Osasuna 3 - 0 on Saturday.

The 29 - year - old attacker was on the score-sheet with 15 minutes of normal time remaining.

The Yellow Submarine had taken the lead through Jeremy Perbet in the 23rd minute and Javier Aquino doubled the advantage 7 minutes later.

Celebrating his first goal of the season, Ikechukwu Uche said on Twitter : '' Great game, great win.. Happy to get on the score sheet.. Hardwork continues.''

Villarreal provisionally occupy the first position in La Liga with maximum 9 points from 3 matches, but they have played a game more than big guns Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid.

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