Ghana midfielder Quincy Owusu-Abeyie was target for his side Malaga which succumbed 5-3 at Sevilla in the first leg of their Copa del Rey fifth round tie. Alejandro Alfaro opened the scoring for Sevilla after 11 minutes, but a double from Jose Salomon Rondon turned things in Malaga’s favour before Alvaro Negredo levelled. Abeyie gave Malaga the advantage going into the break, but Ndri Romaric scored twice after the restart and Diego Capel rounded off the scoring eight minutes from time. The 24-year-old has been struggling for game time since Manuel Pelligrini arrived at the club later in the season. Malaga are third from bottom in the Spanish La Liga table