sentences:  Benefitting from injuries and loss of form to legendary Raúl Tamudo he netted some important goals for the Catalans, including two at UD Almería on 23 May 2009, which guaranteed the club's permanence in the top division a further year.On 23 September 2009, Alonso scored in the club's first win of the 2009–10 campaign, the first ever at new "Estadi Cornellà-El Prat", against Málaga CF (2–1), and dedicated it to Daniel Jarque, deceased in the team's preseason in Italy.He would lose his starting job following the arrival, in January 2010, of Dani Osvaldo, on loan; however, on 11 April, one day after his 31st birthday, he managed to add his name to the scoresheet in Espanyol's 3–0 home win against Atlético Madrid, having played only one minute after having replaced precisely the Argentine.