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Levante 2 1 Barcelona Real Madrid loanee Borja Mayoral helps down Ernesto Valverde's weakened

Subscribe to our channel: https://goo.gl/pqS0mLLevante 2-1 Barcelona: Real Madrid loanee Borja Mayoral helps down Ernesto Valverde's weakened side. Philippe Coutinho kept Barcelona in the Copa del Rey with a penalty five minutes from time after they had been taken apart by Levante in the worst half of football they have played this season. Coutinho scored a late penalty after Arsenal target Denis Suarez had been brought down in the area by Levante defender Coke. Barcelona were stunned inside the first four minutes when Erick Cabaco headed in Ruben Rochina's free-kick to make it 1-0.  Levante (4-4-2): Fernandez; Coke, Chema (Jason 69), Postigo, Cabaco; Simon, Prcic, Campana, Rochina (Doukoure 75); Mayoral, Boateng (Morales 62); Subs not used: Koke, Tono, Lopez, Dwamena   Scorers: Cabaco (4), Mayoral (18) Booked: Prcic, Cabaco, Mayoral Barcelona (4-3-3): Cillessen; Semedo, Murillo, Chumi (Lenglet 58), Miranda (Roberto 46); Busquets, Vidal, Alena; Malcom (D Suarez 67), Dembele, Coutinho; Subs not used: ter Stegen, Arthur, Puig, Wague Scorers: Coutinho (85) Booked: Murillo, Alena, Chumi, Busquets Levante mauled Barcelona's second string defence and they made it 2-0 on 18 minutes when 18-year-old left back Juan Miranda gave the ball away and Emmanuel Boateng slipped Borja Mayoral through.  The on-loan Real Madrid centre-forward didn't get the greatest first touch on the ball but he still managed to hook his foot around the ball and send it through Jeison Murillo's legs and past Jaspar Cillessen for 2-0.  Barcelona had been beaten by one goal set-up by one of their former B-team players, Rochina, and now by a Real Madrid loanee. They could easily have shipped three in that opening spell. Koke was able to skip along the byline and cross for Boateng and Cillessen saved point-blank to prevent the goal. Both Murillo and his central defensive partner the 19-year-old Juan Brandariz (Chumi) were booked too and they needed Sergio Busquets to come back and play between them in a three to add some security. Murillo raised some eyebrows when he was signed on loan this window having played only three times this season for Valencia. To partner him with the novice Brandariz and a teenage left-back was a gamble from Ernesto Valverde and it had not paid off. At the other end of the pitch Valverde had left Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi back in Barcelona and gone with Ousmane Dembele flanked by Malcom and Coutinho. The former Liverpool man struggled without Messi and Suarez to play off of.   (All first leg results from Thursday evening's matches) Athletic Bilbao 1-3 Sevilla Nolito, Andre Silva and Wissam Ben Yedder were all on target as Sevilla put one foot in the next round with a comfortable first-leg win on the road. Mikel San Jose scored Bilbao's goal. Real Betis 0-0 Real Sociedad The sides could not be separated at the Estadio Benito Villamarin on Thursday evening leaving the tie finely poised going into the second leg after a goalless stalemate. He gave the ball away early on but created chances for both Dembele and Malcom that were not taken. Malcom was doing as little for his long-term chances of staying in the team up front as Murillo was at the back. He was clean through on Aitor Fernandez with Barcelona's best chance but was unable to beat the keeper. On the stroke of half time Chema Rodriguez stuck his elbows out in the six-yard box as Levante had a late corner and both Cillesen and Busquets dramatically hit the deck – it seemed to sum up Barcelona's first half performance. In the second period they improved. The teenage defenders were substituted and Denis Suarez gave much needed spark in attack. When his mazy run ended in a penalty Coutinho was able to bring Barca back into the tie ahead of next week's second leg.