CHANCE! Messi dinks the ball over the top to Fati at the far post, but his attempt is weak and it's easy for Fernandez. Is that it for Barcelona?
90'
Levante are just toying with Barcelona now! Pass, pass, pass, dragging the Barcelona side out of their shape - and it's attracting a few cheers from the crowd!
Four minutes of time added on at the end of the game.
87'
E. Cabaco enters the game and replaces Campaña.
A goal and an assist for Campana - he's been excellent! And he comes off for Cabaco.
86'
Ansu Fati gets yellow.
Six yellow cards for Barcelona! This time it's Fati with a lunge on Radoja.
84'
Fati nearly gets in behind the Levante defence, but Miramon holds him off and manages to win a free-kick.
82'
N. Vukčević enters the game and replaces José Luis Morales.
Levante make their second change of the game, Morales coming off to a standing ovation for Vukcevic.
81'
Sergi Roberto gets yellow.
Roberto is the fifth Barcelona player to be shown a yellow card - he's blocked off Mayoral as he began a counter-attack.
72'
Well this is absolutely unbelievable!! Three goals in seven minutes has turned the game completely on its head! Barcelona started the second half slowly and never seemed to recover from Levante drawing level just after the hour mark. But the hosts sensed blood and turned the screw.
70'
Levante can sense more! Campana gets in behind once again and picks out Rochina with a cutback to the edge of the box, but he blasts it over the bar!
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68'
N. Radoja has scored a goal for Levante!
GOAAAAL! IT'S 3-1!!! A phenomenal turnaround from Levante!!! Lenglet heads a free-kick clear, but only as far as Radoja and he thunders a volley beyond Ter Stegen via a deflection off Busquets from the centre of the box! Levante now two goals ahead in the space of seven minutes!!
67'
C. Lenglet gets yellow.
This game is kicking off! Both Barcelona centre-backs are now shown a yellow card, Lenglet going into the book for a foul on Melero.
66'
Piqué gets yellow.
Ansu Fati enters the game and replaces Arthur.
Pique is shown a yellow card, sliding in on Campana and taking out the man with a goal and an assist to his name already this game. Pique is perhaps lucky not to be shown a red here.
More chopping and changing from Valverde, taking off Arthur for another forward in the young dangerman Fati.
64'
Sergio Busquets enters the game and replaces A. Vidal.
Valverde opts to turn to the bench too and takes off Vidal for Busquets.
63'
Borja Mayoral has scored a goal for Levante! Assist by Campaña.
GOAAAAAL! 2-1 LEVANTE! That's two in quick succession for the hosts! What a strike from Mayoral!! Campana with the pass to Mayoral, but he has his back to goal. He swivels and fires a fierce right-footed shot past Ter Stegen. The keeper does get a hand on it, but it's just too powerful for him to keep out!
From scorer to provider, Campana demonstrates his own awareness to quickly pick out Mayoral and the striker does the rest.
62'
Rochina enters the game and replaces E. Bardhi.
Bardhi was superb against Real Sociedad last weekend - scoring the opener in a 2-1 victory - but he's been quiet today and makes way for Rochina.
61'
Campaña has scored a goal for Levante! Assist by José Luis Morales.
GOAAAL! LEVANTE EQUALISE! Barcelona are caught out at the back and Campana gets on the end of a loose ball and smashes it past Ter Stegen! Just as Barcelona were starting to take control again! Pique mucks up the initial clearance, Levante get it back into the box and Lenglet let's the ball roll past him, allowing Morales to steal in ahead of him and square for Campana. He hits a right-footed shot into the left of the goal!
Great awareness shown from Morales here to take advantage of the loose ball and get in ahead of Lenglet to set up Campana!
59'
A fast start to the second half then from Levante! They're playing much better than the way they ended the first, but Barcelona are starting to wake-up and regain their control over the game.
56'
A. Griezmann gets yellow.
Griezmann is shown a yellow card, catching Radoja's ankle with his studs.
55'
This is Perez now setting Semedo free on the left, but Miramon is with him and forces him to cut back inside and look for a pass. He tries to pick out De Jong, but there's a breakdown in communication and Barcelona lose the ball.
53'
Messi lines it up, but he plays it backwards to Pique. He tries to spread it wide to Semedo, but Levante intercept and look to launch their own attack. Postigo hits it long to Morales, but he's fouled Roberto.
52'
E. Bardhi gets yellow.
Bardhi goes into the book for a risky challenge on Roberto. There isn't much contact, but it's reckless and Bardhi is out of control. Free-kick for Barcelona inside the Levante half.
50'
Here's a chance for Levante, Mayoral picking up a long pass from Miramon. He holds it up well, Levante then working the ball wide to Miramon, who's advanced up the pitch. He looks for a cross into the six-yard box, but Barcelona clear.
46'
KICK-OFF! Action resumes between Levante and Barcelona with the away side leading 1-0.
45' +2
HALF-TIME: LEVANTE 0-1 BARCELONA.
45' +1
Messi has the ball in the back of the net - Messi with a wonderful outside-of-the-boot shot - but the referee blows his whistle beforehand as Vidal fouls Melero in the build-up.
45'
We're into two minutes of added time at the end of the first half.
41'
Carles Pérez enters the game and replaces L. Suárez.
Valverde is forced into making an early substitution as Suarez asks to come off, with Perez on to replace him. For now, Messi has taken up a central role, with Griezmann wide.
38'
Penalty goal scored by L. Messi for Barcelona!
GOAL! 1-0 BARCELONA! No mistake from Messi and he buries his penalty into the top of the net for his fifth league goal of the season.
35'
De Jong finds Semedo wide on the left, into Suarez just ahead of him. Barcelona are trying to build a move here. It's Semedo again trying to link up with Griezmann on the left, but it's too heavy and rolls out of play for a Levante goal-kick.
33'
Levante counter though and Morales has the speed to get away from Lenglet on the right, but his cross is too strong and evades his team-mates in the box.
30'
Pique is walking quite gingerly for now. He seems to overstretch in a duel with Mayoral, clutching his thigh afterwards. That's one to watch as this first half progresses.
28'
Levante are doing well to limit Barcelona's threat essentially by fouling them out of the game and disrupting their rhythm. That's four fouls conceded so far! A strategy that's working at the moment, but with Messi on the pitch, you have to be careful where you give away these free-kicks.
26'
Suarez is down in a heap on the pitch, Clerc catching him high and late. Free-kick to Barcelona right on the byline on the right-side of the pitch. He's lucky not to be shown a yellow card!
24'
Semedo again plays in Griezmann with a throughball through the legs of Miramon and he decides to cut it back into the box this time, but it takes a touch off Positgo for a corner. The ball has decent pace on it and it's very nearly an own goal!
18'
Levante with another decent chance on the break here, Morales trying to pick out Campana again with a cross, but Lenglet clears. Campana manages to get a shot away though, and Lenglet blocks again. Another corner coming up.
16'
It's Levante on the attack now though, Bardhi with a cross into Campana, who wins a corner.
14'
Barcelona are yet to really impose themselves on the game. They're seeing plenty of the ball and they've controlled territory, but they haven't been hugely productive as of yet.
12'
Arthur gets yellow.
Arthur is shown the first yellow card of the game for fouling Miramon. The card was shown to Suarez initially, but a VAR check determined that there's a case of mistaken identity and it's shown to Arthur instead.
Levante have just settled into a defensive 4-4-2 shape out of possession now, dropping deeper into their own half rather than pressing high as they did in the opening 10 or so minutes.
10'
Barcelona have a free-kick and it's Messi standing over it. Will he go for goal? He tries to dink a ball into the box, but Levante just about get it clear. They end up giving away another foul, but further away from goal this time.
7'
Messi picks out Roberto wide on the right, back inside to De Jong, into Suarez. He dribbles his way through a crowd and does well to get a shot away, forcing Fernandez to drop to his knees and smother the ball.
6'
Barcelona now enjoying their first spell of possession, but Arthur underhits a pass and nearly lets Morales in for a quick break, but Pique is alert and wins possession back. Another warning sign that Barcelona do need to be careful here.
5'
It seems as though Levante have shifted to a 4-2-3-1 shape - Melero and Radoja the double pivot behind an attacking three of Campana, Bardhi and Morales. Mayoral is the lone striker.
3'
Levante are pressing Barcelona high and aggressively early on here, forcing Ter Stegen to kick it long and straight back into Levante's hands. An encouraging start from the home side, but how long can they maintain this energy level?
1'
KICK-OFF! Levante get us started, attacking left-to-right.
Hello and welcome to matchday 12 in LaLiga! We have Levante up against league leaders and defending champions Barcelona.
No surprise that Barcelona’s form has improved since Lionel Messi returned from injury and they’ve shot to the top of the table with five straight wins. There’s just a point in it though and a slip-up today could see any one of five teams leapfrog them. As for Levante, they’ve won two of their last six, but they’re steadily midtable with a chance to move as high as eighth with a win.
LEVANTE XI (4-3-1-2): Aitor Fernandez; Jorge Miramon, Sergio Postigo, Ruben Vezo, Carlos Clerc; Gonzalo Melero, Nemanja Radoja, Jose Campana; Enis Bardhi; Jose Luis Morales, Borja Mayoral.
SUBS: Hernani, Nikola Vukcevic, Ruben Rochina, Roger Marti, Daniel Cardenas, Coke, Erick Cabaco.
BARCELONA XI (4-3-3): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Gerard Pique, Clement Lenglet, Nelson Semedo; Arturo Vidal, Frenkie de Jong, Arthur; Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Antoine Griezmann.
Don’t go anywhere because the teams are out and kick-off is coming up.
From a Levante perspective, they should be disappointed with themselves for conceding the penalty. Miramon really didn't need to make the challenge and it undid all of their good work from the first half. Until that point, Barcelona had hardly threatened and they were well contained, with Levante looking a threat on the break. We'll see what this goal does to the flow of the game, but it could well lead to more for the visitors as Levante perhaps come out of their shape and go chasing an equaliser.
That's all from us from Levante's huge win against Barcelona. Thanks for staying with us and goodbye for now!
Despite Barcelona's first away defeat since the end of September, they remain top of the table for now, but they will be overtaken by arch-rivals Real Madrid should Zinedine Zidane's men beat Real Betis this evening. Barca are back in action against Slavia Prague in the Champions League on Tuesday. This win puts Levante up to eighth with 17 points. They'll be hoping to carry this momentum into next weekend's game against Athletic Bilbao.
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