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Barcelona claimed a 4-5 defeat of bottom-dated club hosts Levante on the 37th La Liga jornada at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia on Monday (5/14/2018). These negative results make Barcelona's mission to win the La Liga title with an unbeaten record for a season should be tarnished.
Barcelona, who played without Lionel Messi, trailed 0-1 after Levante striker Emmanuel Boateng found Marc-Andre ter Stegen when the game went nine minutes.
Half an hour running game, the host doubled the score to 2-0. Boateng again became a nightmare with the second goal he created.
Ernesto Valverde's team that did not want their record tarnished successfully reduced the score to 1-2. Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho successfully broke into the hosts' goal in the 38th minute.
Instead of equalizing, Barcelona goalkeeper had to conceded three goals within 10 minutes in the second half. Enis Bardi's two goals (46 'and 56') and Boateng's (49 ') third goal made the match score to 5-1.
Coutinho who played nicely in this fight does not stay silent. Two goals were cast by former Liverpool players (59 'and 64') to keep the Blaugrana deserved a positive result at home to Levante.
Uruguayan bomber Luis Suarez also put his name on the scoreboard in the 71st minute, while reducing the score to 4-5 through the penalty spot. However, until the fight was over, the Barcelona players did not manage to score an equalizing goal.
These results do not change the position of Barcelona at the top of the standings. Only, the Catalan unbeaten record in La Liga stalled in the 37th game.