Villarreal coach Unai Emery was delighted with victory over Real Mallorca.

The Yellow Submarine won 3-0 on Saturday.

Afterwards, Emery said: "We were able to perform really well down the left flank today, with two goals early on and that gave us confidence. The team, based on the need to win, grew into the game. The result reflects the serious performance.

“We were really below where we want to be, and now we're below we want to be. Where we want to be is were Betis are, they have eight points more than us. We're facing them in two weeks, but in between us there are sides such as Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid, serious candidates, and also teams who have been surprises, like Rayo Vallecano.

“We had to dig in and some players changed their position. We respected Mallorca a lot, they had won important matches such as against Atlético de Madrid."