After being outplayed for much of the first hour, Barcelona went into halftime down 1-0 to Levante forward Luis Morales, who converted a penalty awarded for a soft foul by Dani Alves.
It could have been much worse for the visitors, as Marc-André her Stergen was called upon to save a second penalty just five minutes after his first-half heroics. If the first was a bit of a toss-up, this one was a no-brainer. Morales chose to hand it over to his flamboyant teammate Roger Mart, whose tame effort was easily saved.
Barcelona, who grabbed their opportunity, received a much-needed wake-up call. Ousmane Dembélé cut inside and found Pierre-Emerick Aubmeyang, who made no mistake with his 5-yard header. /When promising teenager Pedri stroked home an effort from the edge of the box four minutes later after a mazy run by Gavi, Levante will have been cursing their miss.
Barcelona’s defensive difficulties continued when Clément Lenglet, a second-half substitution, handed away the game’s third penalty. To tie the game level at 2-2, Gonzalo Melero stepped up and sent her Stergen the wrong way. De Jong came in in added time to knock home a Jordi Alba cross, giving Barcelona a 3-2 victory.
