That win lifts Barcelona up to eighth in La Liga - nine points off second-placed Atletico Madrid, who were overtaken by Real Sociedad this afternoon. The Basque club have played two games more than Atleti, though.

Plenty of work to do for Ronald Koeman's side, but this was a step in the right direction.

Thanks for joining me this evening. Until next time!

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There goes the full-time whistle.

Lionel Messi wins it for Barcelona, who continue their perfect home record over Levante in La Liga.

Marc-Andre ter Stegen clings on to a shot from the edge of the box and that might just be that.

No penalty. That would have been extremely harsh on Umtiti and Barcelona.

Levante win another corner though. Goalkeeper Aitor Fernandez is up for this one.

Jose Morales' shot takes a deflection off Samuel Umtiti and bounces out for a corner. Did it strike the Frenchman's arm?

VAR are taking a look...

The visitors' attack breaks down on the right corner of the penalty area and Barcelona surge forward.

Lionel Messi is crowded out though, and here come Levante again...

Three minutes added at the end of the second half.

Levante aren't giving up just yet.

Antoine Griezmann makes way for Umtiti, who makes his first league appearance of the season following a knee injury.

Samuel Umtiti is about to come on for the final few minutes.

Can Levante find a way back into this game?

The visitors haven't created much in the second half but they work the ball well down the right before sending in a low cross which is claimed by Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Levante make another double change, sending on Son and Sergio Leon in place of Jorge de Frutos and Gonzalo Melero.

Can he make it two? Not quite!

Lionel Messi breaks clear of the home defence again but Aitor Fernandez sticks out a left leg to block the shot.

The Levante keeper hasn't done an awful lot wrong tonight.

That goal had been coming.

Barcelona have dominated proceedings tonight, registering 23 attempts to Levante's four.

Fifteen minutes left. Time is running out for the hosts.

The resulting corner is met by Martin Braithwaite, who sends his header wide.

The Dane should be hitting the target from there.

Lionel Messi skips past his marker and pulls the trigger from a tight angle, but once again Aitor Fernandez is equal to the shot.

The Levante goalkeeper has made 13 already saves this evening.

Now Barca make another change as Philippe Coutinho makes way for Trincao.

Can he make the difference for the hosts?

The visitors make a triple substitution.

Nikola Vukcevic, Roger and Coke are replaced by Nemanja Radoja, Jorge Miramon and Jose Morales.

Not the same outcome, though.

A tame effort from Messi on this occasion as Fernandez makes another routine save.