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Charlotte Coates FT: Levante 2-3 Barcelona Well, that was entertaining! That's all from this live text as Barcelona come from 2-0 down to take the three points late on at Levante. We'll be back again tomorrow for more Premier League and La Liga action. See you then. FT: Levante 2-3 Barcelona 2-0 down? Not a problem for Barcelona. They make sure they maintain their 100% record at this start of this season. Levante 2-3 Barcelona It's all over and what a comeback it is from the La Liga champions! Levante will be heartbroken but they can hold their heads high. Levante 2-3 Barcelona Free-kick after a foul on Dani Olmo and that should be enough for Barca to hold to the three points. Levante 2-3 Barcelona Into the final minute as Levante look long but it sails through to Joan Garcia. Got to be better than that. Levante 2-3 Barcelona The Barcelona midfield are playing a spot of keep ball right now. Levante 2-3 Barcelona We've got three minutes left. Levante 2-3 Barcelona Levante will want one final attack but they've got to get the ball back first. Levante 2-3 Barcelona Football is a cruel, cruel game at times. Unai Elgezabal (90+1 mins) No, they can't! Heartbreak for Levante as Lamine Yamal delivers a stunning cross and it flicks off the head of Unai Elgezabal and past his goalkeeper Pablo Campos. Levante 2-2 Barcelona Seven minutes have been added on at the end of this one. Can Levante hold on? Levante 2-2 Barcelona It is Raphinha to take but he curls it straight into the wall and Adrian de la Fuente stays down after the ball strikes him in the midriff. The seconds tick on. .. Levante 2-2 Barcelona Huge chance now. Raphinha stands over it. Levante 2-2 Barcelona Lamine Yamal drives towards the box and is dragged down. He goes down in the area but the foul comes outside the box from Diego Pampin. Levante 2-2 Barcelona Absolutely no one is leaving this stadium early. Levante 2-2 Barcelona Levante are really holding on now as Barca pile forward. Levante 2-2 Barcelona Into the final five minutes and Barca are doing everything to secure those three points and this time it's Jules Kounde who hooks an effort wide from inside the box. Levante 2-2 Barcelona Levante make another change with Jeremy Toljan making way for Victor Garcia. Levante 2-2 Barcelona Here comes Jules Kounde for Eric Garcia in a last throw of the dice from Hansi Flick. Levante 2-2 Barcelona Raphinha smashes it goal wards, it takes a nick and Pablo Campos just about keeps it out before Lamine Yamal lobs one towards the back post but out it goes. Marcus Rashford joined Barcelona from Manchester United on a season-long loan deal in the summer Marcus Rashford was taken off at half-time on his full Barcelona debut before the defending La Liga champions staged a fightback from two goals down to beat Levante. The on-loan Manchester United forward was deployed on the left, with Raphinha down the middle behind Ferran Torres and Lamine Yamal on the right, but struggled to make an impression in his 45 minutes on the pitch. Barcelona as a whole had been poor in the first half and fell behind in the 15th minute when Ivan Romero struck, cleverly working some space inside the box before slotting in. Torres hit the crossbar as Barcelona pushed for the equaliser but instead the hosts added a second deep into first-half stoppage time. Alejandro Balde was deemed to have handled the ball by the video assistant referee when blocking a shot and referee Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez awarded a penalty after being summoned to the screen. Jose Luis Morales then stepped up to score from the spot. Barcelona replaced Rashford and Marc Casado with Dani Olmo and Gavi at the start of the second half, and within eight minutes they were level. Pedri first fired a superb strike into the top corner from 25 yards before Torres volleyed in an equaliser. It looked like they would have to settle for a point but a stunning second-half turnaround was completed in the first minute of stoppage time when Levante's Unai Elgezabal headed Yamal's fine cross into his own net. Barcelona were playing in last season's away shirts because of La Liga rules on colour clashes as all three of their current kits were deemed to not provide enough contrast to Levante's home shirt. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 23rd August 2025 at 22: 35 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Julián Calero Formation: 5 - 4 - 1 Manager: Hansi Flick Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Julián Calero Formation: 5 - 4 - 1 Manager: Hansi Flick Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Spanish La Liga All competitions All competitions All competitions Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.