BEVERLY HILLS, May 14, (THEWILL) – Barcelona’s unbeaten run in the Spanish LaLiga came to an abrupt end on Sunday following their 5-4 defeat away to Levante.
Barcelona, playing without Lionel Messi, were just two games away from going unbeaten in the LaLiga season having already won the title.
Ghanaian striker, Emmanuel Boateng, scored a hat-trick and Enis Bardhi also bagged a brace for Levante while Phillipe Coutinho scored a hat-trick for Barcelona.
Luis Suarez also scored from the spot for the Blaugrana as they tried to stage a comeback but it wasn’t enough.
Boateng fired hosts Levante into the lead in the ninth minute with a simple tap-in.
He doubled his side’s lead in the 30th minute before Coutinho scored from the edge of the box to make it 2-1.
Levante started the second half in an astonishing fashion, scoring two goals in the space of two minutes.
Bardhi curled in a shot within the first minute of the second half to make it 3-1.
Boateng bagged his hat-trick, slotting his shot past Marc-Andre ter Stegen in goal for Barcelona to make it 4-1 in the 49th minute. Bardhi made it 5-1 in the 56th minute.
Coutinho scored Barcelona’s second goal by slamming home a loose ball in the penalty area of Levante to make it 5-2.
The Brazilian grabbed his hat-trick, firing in a shot from outside the box to make it 5-3 before Suarez tucked away a penalty for Barca’s fourth after Boateng was penalized for tripping Sergio Busquets in the box.
However, Barcelona was unable to get the much needed equalizer and thus ended its desire to go through the season unbeaten.
