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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23204393" data-attributes="member: 158020">Levante 5 Barcelona 4: Boateng and Bardhi demolish Barca's invincible ambitions<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/05/13/21/4C31AD2300000578-5724477-image-a-118_1526244320463.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Barcelona's bid to complete an unbeaten LaLiga season capitulated in  astonishing circumstances as Ernesto Valverde's champions collapsed to a  5-4 defeat at Levante.  Unheralded Ghanaian forward Emmanuel Boateng was the hero for home  side as he doubled his tally of goals in Spain's top flight with a  hat-trick.Boateng's  initial first-half strikes were pegged back by Philippe Coutinho but an  often wretched Barcelona showing - without the rested Lionel Messi -  collapsed into all-out defensive shambles after half-time.    Enis  Bardhi, who hit the post in between Levante's first two goals, found a  pair of sublime finishes amid the chaos and Boateng making a claim for  the matchball. Coutinho led the Barca fightback by completing a  treble of his own and Luis Suarez's 71st-minute penalty had Paco Lopez's  men on unsteady legs.Suarez missed a glorious chance to equalise  and Levante full-back Antonio Luna almost put through his own goal but  the invincible dream perished at a raucous Ciutat de Valencia.Suarez played in Coutinho for an early chance but the Brazil  midfielder overplayed his hand – wastefulness Barca would soon regret. Making a third LaLiga start at the heart of Barcelona's defence,  Yerry Mina lost Jose Luis Morales and the Levante skipper's cutback  evaded goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen for Boateng to turn home in the  ninth minute. Morales was to the fore once more on an attack where  Boateng touched on for Bardhi to rattle the post. It seemed easier to  score.Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele struggled to make an  impression before having a 25th-minute attempt deflected behind and a  disjointed showing from the visitors was punished again with half an  hour played. Thomas Vermaelen was stricken by an apparent  hamstring injury and, as Sasa Lukic weaved through the Barca midfield,  Boateng stole in behind temporary centre-back Sergio Busquets and  rounded Ter Stegen to finish.Gerard Pique came on for Vermaelen  and the Spain defender's surge forward in the 38th minute ended with  Coutinho's deflected drive flying past Oier Olazabal to reduce the  arrears. It looked a false dawn as Barca imploded early in the second half.Jordi  Alba shovelled the ball into midfield and Levante pounced with a  lightning counter, Jose Campana picking out Bardhi to rifle home  brilliantly from 20 yards.Worse was to follow for Valverde as two marginal offside calls fell  in Levante's favour, Luna surged on to Roger Marti's flick on and  Boateng claimed his third.Another delightful side-footed finish from Bardhi, with Marti again the provider, had Levante in dreamland. Barcelona's  heads cleared enough for Coutinho to seize upon a mishit clearance and  net his second before a careering contest reached the hour mark.Ivan Rakitic started to get a hold on midfield and it was now Levante's turn to wilt in a defensive stupor.Coutinho  earned his share of the matchball by dispatching Busquets' pass from  the edge of the box, even though replays suggested the shot might have  deflected off Suarez. There was no doubt over the Uruguay striker making it 5-4 from the  penalty spot after Boateng blotted his performance by coming together  with Busquets at the near post.  Suarez should have equalised in the 74th minute, with Levante  opting en masse against marking him but Barca's number nine headed  Coutinho's free-kick over.There was baited breath all round when  Luna scuffed Alba's cross behind and, after substitute Ruben Rochina  spurned a glorious chance for 6-4, Levante could celebrate a remarkable  triumph.</blockquote>

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