Barcelona thrash Levante 5-0
MADRID: Barcelona overcame a missed penalty from Lionel Messi to return to the top of La Liga with a 5-0 win away to 10-man Levante yesterday.
Neymar opened the scoring with a finish from Messi’s through ball before the Argentine star missed from the spot after Loukas Vyntra had seen red for tripping him inside the area.
Ivan Rakitic’s strike made it 2-0 and goals from Sandro Ramirez, Pedro Rodriguez and Messi rounded off the scoring after the break to make it four wins in four matches. agencies
