Levante scored three goals in seven minutes as they pulled off a remarkable comeback to inflict a damaging 3-1 defeat on La Liga leaders Barcelona.
Ernesto Valverde made a handful of changes to the team that thumped Real Valladolid during the week, with Sergi Roberto, Arthur and Antoine Griezmann coming into the starting lineup.
It took the Catalans a while to get going, though, only taking the lead after 38 minutes.
Nelson Semedo was cleaned out after being released in behind the Levante defence by Arthur, giving Lionel Messi the chance to convert from the penalty spot.
His strike means the Argentine has now scored five and made four assists in his five La Liga starts this season.
Levante completely flipped the script in the second half, though, scoring three times in seven minutes.
Jose Campana netted the first after 61 minutes, firing into the back of the net from 14 yards out after a poor clearance by Gerard Pique.
Two minutes later, Borja Mayoral curled a strike past Marc-Andre ten Stegen before Nemanja Radoja made it three with a strike that made it past the Barcelona goalkeeper via a deflection off Sergio Busquets.
Messi looked to have clawed one back for the away side, but a VAR review showed Griezmann to be offside in the build up.
The result means both Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid can leapfrog the defending champions with a win in their respective fixtures later this evening.
Barcelona have recently hit their stride, surging to the top of La Liga before this match.
This result, however, could drop them as low as fifth by the time the weekend’s games are in the books.
Suarez was withdrawn with an injury not long after Messi had opened the scoring for the Catalans and that proved a turning point.
Given how crucial the relationship between Messi and Suarez is to Barca, how big a blow would an injury to the Uruguayan striker be?
Valverde will now anxiously await news from his medial team.
On the basis of Barca’s performance after his withdrawal, they need Suarez.
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