MADRID: Sevilla scored from two second-half penalties as they came roaring back from a goal down to beat Rayo Vallecano 2-1 at ​home and Alaves hammered 10-man Getafe 3-0 as Spain’s LaLiga got ‌under way.

In a hotly contested late kick-off, a dreadful defensive error by Arouna Sangante allowed Alvaro Garcia to open the scoring for Vallecano in the ​fourth minute.

The first half was held up by a number of ​lengthy VAR reviews, with Vallecano keeper Augusto Batalla breathing a ⁠sigh of relief when a penalty awarded against him for tangling with ​Sevilla forward Isaac Romero in the box was overturned.

They had no such luck ​early in the second half when goal-scorer Garcia felled Miguel Sierra in the box in the 50th minute, and Jin Guridi slammed home the subsequent spot kick to level ​for the home side.

Sevilla’s Kike Salas was shown a straight red card ​for a reckless challenge in the 88th minute, and the game looked to be headed ‌for ⁠a draw until Florian Lejeune hacked down substitute Robbie Ure in the box to concede a second penalty deep in stoppage time, with Gerard Fernandez scoring to snatch all three points for Sevilla.

In the evening’s early kick-off, Deportivo ​Alaves got their ​season off to ⁠a flying start with two late goals in a 3-0 win over Getafe, who had Kiko Femenia sent off ​for a dangerous challenge in the 42nd minute.

Alaves struggled ​to make ⁠their one-man advantage count until Mariano Diaz came off the bench and set up Facundo Tenaglia to score in the 73rd minute.

Diaz then scored himself with ⁠a superb ​finish in the second minute of stoppage ​time at the end of the game before grabbing his second assist of the night for ​Mikel Rodriguez’s 94th-minute goal.

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