Philippe Coutinho hit a cap trap yet couldn’t spare Barcelona’s unbeaten season as the Catalans were left shocked by an unprecedented 5-4 annihilation to Levante on Sunday (May 13).
Ernesto Valverde rested Lionel Messi for his group’s penultimate match of the battle yet it was a cautious repulsiveness demonstrate that permitted Emmanuel Boateng to score three times and Enis Bardhi twice at the City of Valencia Stadium.
The La Liga and Copa del Rey champions trailed 5-1 following a hour and still came surprisingly close to a thrilling rebound as Coutinho’s second and third objectives, and a Luis Suarez punishment, set up a show off wrap up.
But Levante held on for a thrilling victory, which ends their opponents’ hopes of becoming the first ever club to finish a 38-game La Liga season as invincibles.