Lionel Messi reached a personal milestone as Ronald Koeman’s men narrowly snatched a home win in Sunday night’s league outing.
FC Barcelona avoided dropping points for a third consecutive time by scraping past Levante with a 1-0 result.
A below-par Barca side found it very hard to break down the Levante defense and it was not until 75 minutes that they found an opening through – no prizes for guessing – Lionel Messi
Messi scored the only goal of the game after picking up a killer pass from Frenkie de Jong, breaking through on goal, and flying the ball into the net via the post.
It was a special goal for the Argentine as he has now taken his tally up to a whopping 600 goals ever since inheriting the number 10 shirt from Ronaldinho.
Barca have now cut down their deficit to six points from bitter rivals Real Madrid and nine points from league leaders Real Sociedad.
Ronald Koeman’s men now sit at eight in La Liga table with 17 points from their opening 11 matches.
Player Ratings
FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen – 7, Alba – 7, Lenglet – 7, Araujo – 7, Dest – 7, De Jong – 8, Busquets – 6, Coutinho – 6, Braithwaite – 6, Griezmann – 7, Messi – 9, Pedri – 6, Trincao – 6, Umtiti – 6
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