In the last game of the 18th round of matches in the Spanish championship, Nigeria international Ikechukwu Uche bagged a hat - trick in Villarreal’s 5 - 2 defeat of Rayo Vallecano.

The encounter at the Estadio del Rayo Vallecano witnessed a lot of goals. Within 12 minutes, the Yellow Submarines raced into a two - goal lead.

Ikechukwu Uche opened the scoring in the 10th minute while Jeremy Perbet added a second two minutes later.

Frenchman Jeremy Perbet scored again before the break to take the scoreline to 3 - 0.

In the second half, Uche took advantage of the weak Vallecano defense to score two more goals and complete his first La Liga hat trick.

Nery Castillo got a double for the hosts, netting first in the 66th minute, then in injury time.

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