Reigning Spanish League champions recovered from a two-goal, halftime deficit to drag off a shocking comeback in opposition to Levante.
Barcelona fought again from a two-goal deficit to win 3-2 at Levante with a late own-goal by the hosts in La Liga.
Defending champions Barcelona wanted Pedri Gonzalez and Ferran Torres to attain early within the second half to equalise after the newly promoted Levante had rolled to a shock two-goal lead at halftime on Saturday.
Lamine Yamal then helped to provide the profitable objective when he curled a cross into the 6-yard field, and Levante’s Unai Elgezabal headed into his personal internet.
Levante striker Ivan Romero earlier struck from a counterattack within the fifteenth minute that began with a ball misplaced by Yamal. Jose Luis Morales made it 2-0 in first-half damage time by changing a penalty after a video evaluate known as a handball by Alejandro Balde when he blocked Morales’s shot.
However Pedri began the fightback within the forty ninth when he obtained Yamal’s move nicely outdoors the realm, picked his spot within the nook of the web and blasted in a shot from lengthy vary.
Ferran, who had hit the woodwork within the first half, levelled within the 52nd when he fended off his marker and volleyed in Raphinha’s nook kick.
Barcelona then pressed for the decider, which Yamal helped discover simply after the 90 minutes have been up.
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick praised Pedri for his objective, saying that “it modified the match”.
“The primary objective we scored helped us lots to get our confidence within the field, however till the top, it was not simple for us to get the three factors.”
Barcelona gained its opener at nine-man Mallorca 3-0 final weekend.
Rashford makes first league begin
Newcomer Marcus Rashford made his first league begin for Barcelona since his mortgage transfer from Manchester United as a left-side ahead for Flick.
The English worldwide was changed by Dani Olmo at halftime, after the most important threats had come from Pedri’s passes within the center and Yamal’s incursions down the appropriate.
“I believe Marcus [Rashford] had some conditions within the first half the place he confirmed how good he’s and the way he can assist us, and that’s how we’ve got to proceed,” Flick mentioned.
Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski performed his first minutes of the season as a late substitute after recovering from a muscle damage.
Barca will go to Rayo Vallecano subsequent week because it continues its title defence. Levante, which has misplaced each its opening fixtures, will journey to Elche, hoping for a extra optimistic outcome.
