Luuk de Jong scored from the head in extra time for Barcelona to beat the suffering Levante 3-2 after a remarkable end-to-end lace in which he conceded 3 penalties.
Levante took a deserved lead against a lackluster Barça in the 52nd minute when captain José Luis Morales scored from the penalty spot after a foul through Dani Alves and moments later the locals received a moment of penalty, by a hand of Eric García.
This time, striker Roger Marti stood up to take it and his effort was saved by Barça goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen. The visitors made Levante pay temporarily, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang returning home an Ousmane Dembele cross in the 59th minute.
Teenage midfielder Pedri gave Barca the lead in the 63rd, for the first time in the back corner after being caught by Gavi, 17, who had also been taken off the bench at half-time.
Levante then won a third penalty of the moment when Dani Gomez clung to a deep ball and stumbled to Barça defender Clement Lenglet. Gonzalo Melero took the place and made no mistakes in front of Ter Stegen to equalize at 83.
But it was time for the final turnaround in a thrilling encounter when substitute De Jong hooked a Jordi Alba cross and headed into the back corner in the minute of extra time to give Barca their seventh consecutive LaLiga victory.
The victory propelled Barca to a momentary position in the table with 60 points after 30 games, although Real Madrid, who have 72 points from 31 after beating Getafe 2-0 at home on Saturday, remains the distant leader. Levante is 19th with 22 points. .
Real Sociedad bounced back from Guido Carrillo’s first game in the 3rd minute to beat Elche 2-1, with Alexander Sorloth and Robin Le Normand on goal before the break.
Espanyol beat Celta Vipass 1-0 and Wu Lei captured the winning goal in the 89th minute, while Ante Budimir’s goal in the discount allowed Osasuna to move home against Alavés, the latter.
Serie A leaders AC Milan, below average, held on to their back-to-back 0-0 draw and Sunday’s draw with Turin reduced their merit over Inter Milan to two points.
The only notable chance in the first half was a Davide Calabria goal that he saved well, with Milan hunting nervously in their quest for a first Scudetto since 2011.
Torino stepped up after the break, with Mergim Vojvoda being countered through an acrobatic stop by Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan before Italian striker Andrea Belotti fired into the side net.
Milan never had a head start and followed up their blank draw with Bologna on Monday with another tame draw in Turin, meaning they have 68 problems in 32 games, two ahead of Inter, who have one game less. Torino remains 11th with 39 numbers.
Ciro Immobile topped the Serie A goal table with a hat-trick in Lazio’s 4-1 win in Genoa. Italian striker Immobile has scored 24 goals this season after Adam Marusic gave up the lead.
Immobile doubled Lazio’s lead at half-time, then scored on either side of an opposing goal to patric’s side. Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic was in the past at the top of the scoring table with 22 goals.
Fiorentina stunned third-placed Napoli with a 3-2 away win. Nicolas Gonzalez had Fiorentina in front at half-time, but replacement Dries Mertens equalised after 58 minutes with his first touch.
Jonathan Ikone and Arthur Cabral scored in the six-minute area to make Victor Osimhen’s beaten effort just a consolation.
Roma put forward a delayed display to beat Salernitana 2-1 and remain fifth, two points ahead of Lazio.
Ivan Radovanovic gave the lead in the middle of the first half before Carles Peres and Chris Smalling scored for Jose Mourinho’s side in the final 10 minutes.
Hamed Traoré scored twice when Sassuolo disappointed Atalanta 2-1, and Udinese triumphed with the same score in Venice thanks to Rodrigo Becao’s latest goal.
Marseille cemented their position in Ligue 1 after goals from Bamba Dieng and Cengiz Under for a 2–0 home win over Montpellier.
Dieng and Under scored early in the first half to put OM, who has never been in trouble, in 59 troubles in 31 games.
He reached the Paris Saint-Germain leader through 12 numbers a week before facing the capital team at the Parc des Princes.
Montpellier, who saw goalkeeper Jonas Omlin sent off in the last minute, are 11th with problems and little to play in the seven remaining matches.
It was a one-sided affair at velodrome Stadium, where Dieng gave the hosts the lead after nine minutes by hitting the ball in Amine Harit’s centre.
Dieng then came on the domain through Jordan Ferri and Under changed the penalty to double the total at 19.
Montpellier never seemed to return to the festival and the adjustment collapsed until Omlin won a red card for knocking out replacement Luis Henrique.
Stade Rennais are in 3rd position with 56 points, 3 points behind Marseille, following a 3-2 win at the Stade de Reims on Saturday, while Racing Strasbourg are 4th on 4 points following a 1-1 draw at home to Lyon.
RB Leipzig’s fit French midfielder Chrismost sensibleher Nkunku scored a goal and scored as they stormed European challengers Hoffenheim 3-0 to increase their chances of completing in the top four in the Bundesliga with five games to play.
Nkunku has now scored 17 league goals while creating 12 as Leipzig, unbeaten in their last 8 Bundesliga games, climbed to 51 points in fourth place, 3 ahead of fifth-placed Freiburg to win 2-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt. Hoffenheim is sixth with 44 numbers.
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Bayer Leverkusen, third with 52, lost problems in the 0-0 draw against VfL Bochum. They host Leipzig next Sunday. The 4 most sensible organisations qualify for the Organisational level of the Champions League next season.
Leipzig, which has flourished since coach Domenico Tedesco took over in December, led 2-0 in the 20th minute after Nkunku scored and Marcel Halstenberg extended their lead.
Nkunku then directed the ball to Dominik Szoboszlai to break Leipzig’s third goal a minute before the break and secure a sixth win in their last 8 league games.
Hoffenheim, who are missing nine players due to injury and penalty, could never see after the break, with the game already and Leipzig raised their foot.