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Better from Barcelona who still need Messi to come to their rescue

It wasn’t close to Barca’s best against Levante, a team who have never earned even a single point at the Camp Nou and who are down in the bottom three at present, but nor was it their worst performance.

There were little green shoots that hint at brighter days ahead, and the game certainly turned on Ronald Koeman’s substitutions.

If we are to berate him when things go wrong, then we should have the good grace to doff the cap when he makes it work.

On another night we could’ve had a hatful, and were it not for Aitor Fernandez, the game would’ve been over before an hour had been played.