Barcelona come from two goals down to beat Levante 3-2

Barcelona overturned a two goal deficit to beat newly promoted Levante 3-2 on Saturday evening at the Estadio Ciudad de Valencia, completing a dramatic second half fightback to move to two wins from two in the early 2025-26 La Liga season. Levante took a shock 2-0 lead in a frenetic first half, but Pedri and Ferran Torres struck shortly after the restart and an injury-time own goal settled the contest for the visitors.

Levante thought they had opened the scoring in the ninth minute through José Luis Morales, but the goal was ruled out for offside. The hosts did break through in the 15th minute when Ivan Romero capitalised on a counterattack to finish past Joan García. Levante doubled their advantage in first-half stoppage time after Alejandro Balde was penalised for handling Jose Luis Morales's shot; following a VAR check the referee awarded a penalty and Morales calmly converted.

Barcelona, who dominated possession and created the clearer chances, responded immediately after the break. Pedri struck a spectacular long-range effort into the top corner in the 49th minute to spark the revival. Three minutes later Ferran Torres volleyed in Raphinha's corner to level the score. As...