Levante 5-4 Barcelona: Player Ratings

Barcelona

Levante v Barcelona - La Liga: The German could have done little about the goals

Ter Stegen: 6/10

The German was not at fault for any of the goal conceded but neither could have done anything to stop anyone of them. He did make a couple of saves, however, conceding five does go against him.

Nelson Semedo: 6/10

The Portugues full-back was the best Barcelona defender on the night. He dealt with most of the attacks coming down his way well enough. He was also an engine on Barca's right, always shuttling up and down with meaningful contributions at both ends.

Yerry Mina: 5/10

The young defender, alongside his senior defensive partners, had a game to forget. He won most of the tackles and imposed himself physically, however, he was all over the place positionally.

Thomas Vermaelen: 4/10

The Belgium international had a shocker of the game. Though many might argue that he was not provided adequate cover by his midfield, Vermaelen could still have done a better job at keeping Levante at bay.

Jordi Alba: 5/10

Jordi Alba was quite overwhelmed by the forays coming down his side with Emanuel Boateng having a field day on that side of the pitch. Attacking wise, he was not quite up there alongside his usual standards.

Sergio Busquets: 4.5/10

Sergio Busquets had a rare day off and it is no surprise that Barca catapulted defensively today. While his passing too was not at his usual best, his screening of the defence was suspect too.

Andres Iniesta: 6/10

Having announced his exit just a few days ago, Iniesta did not have the best of the games. The Spaniard struggled to take control of the game and was too slow in defence in comparison to Levante’s swift counter-attacks.

Ivan Rakitic: 6/10

The Croat was a willing runner in the midfield. He covered for his fullbacks and then contributed going forward as well. However, for all his hard work, he could not exert himself over Levante's midfield as Barcelona suffered time after time.

Phillipe Coutinho: 9/10

He was the best Barca attacker on the night. However, with Dembele and Suarez both off colour, he alone could not muster much but he did beat the goalkeeper more than once, thrice to be precise, and was looking dangerous on Barca’s right.

Levante v Barcelona - La Liga: Coutinho celebrating his goal

Luis Suarez: 5/10

Luis Suarez was anonymous for most of the match and this could be attested by the fact that he had just two shot on target in the entire game, one of which was a penalty he scored from. He will want to forget the game very quickly.

Ousmane Dembele: 4/10

This was again a game to forget for Dembele. He struggled to cause too many problems and his final passes were poor. He failed to provide any end product as Barcelona struggled to score.

Substitutes

Gerard Pique: 6/10

Brought on for Vermaelen, he added calmness to Barcelona's defence and disrupted Levante's attacks a fair number of times. His unwillingness to lose was quite on display as he forayed forward on a number of occasions and did well.

Paco Alcacer: 5/10

Brought on for Ousmane Dembele, he was fairly anonymous this whole time, just like his predecessor.

Denis Suarez: 7/10

Coming on for Iniesta, his introduction did spur Barcelona on as they looked more threatening with him on the pitch rather than on the bench.