The third opportunity: Gonzalo Melero exchanged a penalty for a goal for Levante vs. 2-2. Barcelona | VIDEO

Gonzalo Melero scored the equalizer for Levante vs. Barcelona. Lenglet committed a foul in the area and the ‘granotas’ took advantage of the opportunity in the LaLiga Santander match.

In the final stretch came the third sanction in the area when Clement Lenglet stepped on Dani Gómez, a foul that Gonzalo Melero converted from 11 steps to 83.

Levante took the lead in the 51st minute, when José Luis Morales, who had missed a one-on-one in the first half, converted a penalty.

In minute 55, Levante had another penalty, but this time Marc-André Ter Stegen stopped Roger Martí’s shot. That intervention of the German goalkeeper served as a shock to the Catalans, who began to wake up.

The equalizing goal for the visitors was achieved in the 59th minute by Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, with a header to the cross by Ousmane Dembelé. The second for Barça was achieved in the 63rd minute by Pedri, with a hit from the inside after an assist from Gavi.

De Jong came on after 84 minutes and in the third minute of the substitution he finished off a cross from Jordi Alba, to seal the long-suffering victory with which they went 14 games without defeat.

The azulgranas now have 60 points and a duel pending to be the escorts of Real Madrid, which did not fail on Saturday by beating Getafe 2-0 and staying in the lead — with 72 units after 31 games.