La Liga 2017/18: Real Madrid 1-1 Levante, 5 Talking Points

#3 Levante will not be relegated this season

Levante celebrate scoring the opener

5 points from Villarreal, Deportivo la Coruna and Real Madrid.

This is not the form of a side that will be relegated. Levante were the favourites of many a pundit to go down when they were promoted despite coming up as champions, but what's been characteristic of Jose Muniz' side has been their ability to react to adverse situations, such as coming back from 2-0 down to draw Depor 2-2.

There wasn't any adverse situation against Madrid per se, as Ivi showed great enterprise to nip ahead of Carvajal and score the opener. What came later was classic Levante, with Muniz ensuring his team kept their shape and barely allowed Madrid and space in the box, with plenty of excellent defensive work.

Record signing Enis Bardhi was left on the bench, which shows that Levante will take plenty of points from top La Liga sides this season.

1st time in 32 La Liga games that Real Madrid have failed to beat a newly promoted team at the Bernabeu, since against Levante in Feb 2007 pic.twitter.com/UZSiGDA7W4

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