Athletic Bilbao in injury-time La Liga win

Athletic Bilbao have climbed to sixth on the La Liga table after a 1-0 win over Eibar.

Athletic Bilbao players celebrate after scoring

Athletic Bilbao have climbed to sixth on the La Liga table after a 1-0 win over Eibar. (AAP)

A Raul Garcia free-kick in the 94th minute gave Athletic Bilbao a 1-0 win over Eibar in the Spanish first division.

It seemed Ernesto Valverde's team would be frustrated by Eibar in the Basque derby but the visitors won the game with their last attack.

Benat Etxebarria's free-kick was saved by Joel Rodriguez but the ball came out to Raul Garcia who scored from the rebound with a volley.

Athletic climb above Real Sociedad into sixth place in the table.

Eibar have been the revelation team of La Liga this season and they made for stubborn opponents.

But they were not helped when they had Gonzalo Escalante sent off for a foul on Iker Muniain on 56 minutes.

Athletic Bilbao are now sixth with 56 points moving above Real Sociedad who are seventh with 55 points.

Eibar remain eighth with 50 points and are now outsiders to make the top seven and qualify for the Europa League next season.


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