Wow! What about that? La Liga Champions Barcelona were stunned in Valencia as they lost 5-4 to Levante, and the Catalan’s season of invincibility is over.
Barca put on a defensive display of mind-boggling generosity, and live betting markets went wild, as Levante roared into a 5-1 lead. What betting odds would you have had on Emmanuel Boateng scoring a hat-trick? But the Levante star did just that to spark a game to remember for the home fans. A double from Ennis
Bardhi made it five, but Barca roared back as Philippe Coutinho scored his own hat-trick and Luis Suarez added a penalty before the hosts held out for an historic win.
It wasn’t bad entertainment at the Bernabeu either where Gareth Bale put in a classy performance as Real Madrid hammered Celta Vigo 6-0 to stay in the hunt for second place, and send a warning to Liverpool. Whether this result will have an impact on Champions League betting patterns is open to debate, but you can bet your bottom dollar Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp will have noticed!
Bale scored the first two in Real Madrid’s destruction of Celta, the second a super strike into the top corner, to put himself in contention for a Champions League final place. Isco made it three, before the promising Achraf Hakimi added a fourth and Toni Kroos rounded off the scoring after an own goal had stretched the lead. Meanwhile, an eighth minute goal from Koke was enough to keep second-placed Atletico Madrid three points ahead of their rivals with a 0-1 win against Getafe, though Jan Oblak had to save a second half penalty from Faycal Fajr to secure the points.
Valencia had a 0-1 win away to Girona, thanks to Luciano Vietto, to stay in fourth, while Samu Castillejo scored twice as fifth placed Villarreal beat relegated Deportivo La Coruna 4-2. Real Betis qualified for the Europa League thanks to a 2-2 draw away to Sevilla, and elsewhere, there were wins for Espanyol, Real Sociedad, Alaves and Eibar, in the penultimate round of the season.
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