Valencia reclaimed fourth spot from Real Mallorca thanks to a fortunate 1-0 win over bottom side Malaga last night with defender David Navarro's first goal of the season clinching the points.<br /><br />
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">Valencia defender David Navarro celebrates after scoring against Malaga last night. pic/afp</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Centre-back Navarro jumped highest at the back post to head in a Pablo Hernandez cross for the winning goal on 68 minutes as Valencia moved a point behind third-placed Sevilla.<br /><br />"No games are easy and this one against Malaga certainly wasn't," said Valencia coach Unai Emery. "It was a tough game in which we had our chances but so did Malaga and we needed a big save from Cesar (Sanchez) towards the end."<br /><br />Malaga continue to prop up the table having not won since the opening day of the season when they thrashed Atletico Madrid 3-0.<br /><br />David Villa, the league's joint top-scorer with seven goals, almost scored for Valencia in the third minute when his cross crashed against the post to safety.<br /><br />Juan Mata then had a goal ruled out for offside and Pablo Hernandez went agonisingly close with a drive as Malaga were over-run. 

Valencia reclaimed fourth spot from Real Mallorca thanks to a fortunate 1-0 win over bottom side Malaga last night with defender David Navarro's first goal of the season clinching the points.

Navarro strikes as Valencia beat Malaga 1-0 in La Liga

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