Barcelona brush Levante aside to stretch La Liga lead to nine points

Lionel Messi marked his 400th appearance in La Liga with an early goal as the leaders Barcelona beat Levante at the Camp Nou to restore their nine-point advantage.

Philippe Coutinho has headed to Catalonia to complete the formalities of his £142m transfer from Liverpool, but it remained business as usual for Ernesto Valverde’s team on Sunday afternoon as Messi opened the scoring after 12 minutes.

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