Sevilla lost 2-1 at home to Granada on Monday night, its first league defeat of the season, to lose touch with the leader at the top of La Liga football.
With late second-half goals from Alexandre Geijo and Mikel Rico, Granada turned around a game that Sevilla was leading from the first minute after an opener from Manu del Moral. The defeat still leaves Sevilla in fifth place with 17 points, but it is now eight points behind leader Real Madrid and seven off second-placed Barcelona.
Del Moral got Sevilla off to a great start after only 38 seconds on Monday, pouncing on a parried save by Granada goal-keeper Roberto Fernandez from a Martin Caceres shot, to put Sevilla ahead.
However for Granada, Geijo headed home with 11 minutes remaining after a powerful Odion Igalho shot had hit the bar.
Sevilla piled forward again in search of the three points, but it was the away team which got them thanks to a well placed left-footed shot from Rico in the 89th minute.
Monday's result: Sevilla 1 (Manu 1) lost to Granada 2 (Geijo 79, Mikel Rico 90).
