- La Liga side Levente defeated Barcelona 5 -4 in a tough La Liga matchday 37 at the Estadio Ciudad de Valencia
- Barca were without starman Lionel Messi in this encounter
- Ghanaian striker Emmanuel Boateng and Phillipe Coutinho got a hatrick respectively for their sides
La Liga side Levente have defeated Barcelona 5 -4 in a tough La Liga matchday 37 at the Estadio Ciudad de Valencia.
Barca coach Ernesto Valverde decided to give starman Lionel Messi a rest ahead of this clash and it was a move that backfired as Barcelona was inflicted their first defeat of the season and thus granting the home side an amazing five wins from their last five games.
21-year-old Ghanaian striker Emmanuel Boateng scored the opener for Levante just nine minutes after kickoff and he got the second goal in the 30th minute of the encounter.
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Barca pulled one back through a Phillipe Coutinho 38th minute strike, the goal was well assisted by Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez.
And at the end of the first 45 minutes, it was Barcelona that was surprisingly trailing by a 2 - 1 scoreline.
At the resumption of play, Macedonia midfielder, Enis Bardhi, added to the tally of Levante to make the scoreline 3 - 1 in the 46th minutes, while Emmanuel Boateng, who was not through with inflicting damage to Barca got his hattrick in the 49th minute.
The host went on rampage in the 56th minutes as Enis Bardhi got a brace to make the scoreline an embarrassing 5 - 1.
Coutinho who now seems to be the 'go to' man for Barcelona scored two great goals in the 59th and 64th minutes to complete it hat-trick making the scoreline 5 -3 in the process.
While Luis Suarez scored a penalty in the 71st minutes to take the scoreline to 5 - 4.
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Barcelona tried to all within their might to savage a draw, but the inform Levante was not having any of such as they organized their defence calmly to claim a comfortable 5 - 4.
The defeat meant that Barcelona who have already lifted the La Liga trophy will not not be going the season unbeaten in their domestic League.
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Source: Naija.ng