BARCELONA DRAW AGAINST LEVANTE ENDS HOPE FOR THE TITLE RACE

Itahari, Barcelona's LaLiga title hopes are in major jeopardy after throwing up a two-goal half-time lead in a 3-3 draw at Levante on Tuesday night.

The draw took Barca into second place in the standings on 76 points, one behind leaders Atletico Madrid and one ahead of third-placed Real Madrid, who both have a game in hand.

Messi opened the scoring on 25^th minute of the game with a cross from Jordi Alba which was deflected but fell on Messi’s feet who finished with a superb volley into the back of the net. Cut-back from Dembele on 33^rd minute was converted into goal by Pedri making the scoreline 2-0 at half time.

Levante got a foothold in the game with a header from Gonzalo Melero in the 57th minute and talismanic forward Jose Luis Morales equalised three minutes later.

Ousmane Dembele restored Barca's lead in the 64th minute and looked to have sent Ronald Koeman's side on top of the standings but Levante came back at them and equalised again when striker Sergio Leon netted at the near post in the 83^rd minute making the scoreline 3-3.

Barcelona’s Midfielder Sergio Busquets after the match said, “This feels terrible, it's very difficult to win the title now, we wanted to win and put pressure on the other teams but weren't able to and errors cost us dear, as has happened too many times this season. Teams keep scoring too easily against us.”

 “We have very few chances of winning the league now and it's our fault, we made lots of errors with our positioning and we lost concentration. It wasn't just tonight, we've let a lot of points slip away from us this season, too many to fight to win the league." he added.

Atletico Madrid can go four points clear of the Catalans with victory at home to Real Sociedad on Wednesday, while Real Madrid visits Granada on Thursday and if they manage to win then they will be placed on second position two points above and Behind Barca and league leader Athletico Madrid respectively.