Ifeanyi Ndukwe scored 10 minutes into stoppage time as Levante came from two goals down to draw 3-3 with Sevilla at the Ciutat de València. The finish also saw Sevilla substitute Isaac Romero score what looked like the winner, then get sent off for his celebration.
Robbie Ure and Félix Correia put Luis García Plaza's side 2-0 up early in the second half before Iván Romero pulled one back for Luís Castro's team. Stoppage time, with eight minutes announced, then produced three more goals and a red card.
Match facts
- Result: Levante 3-3 Sevilla (half-time 0-1)
- Competition: LALIGA EA SPORTS, Matchday 8
- Venue: Estadi Ciutat de València, Valencia
- Scorers: Levante - Iván Romero 57', Adrián de la Fuente 90+2', Ifeanyi Ndukwe 90+10'; Sevilla - Robbie Ure 13', Félix Correia 54', Isaac Romero 90+5'
- Assists: Roger Brugué (Iván Romero), Robbie Ure (Correia), Youssouf Fofana (Isaac Romero)
- Red cards: Isaac Romero (Sevilla) 90+6', second yellow
- Next: Deportivo v Levante, Friday 16 October; Real Madrid v Sevilla, Sunday 18 October
How the match unfolded
Sevilla came in fifth and unbeaten on the road, and they started on top. Correia fired over in the fifth minute, and in the 13th minute their high press paid off. Ure pounced on a poor pass out from the back by Ndukwe, got past goalkeeper Mathew Ryan and scored his first goal for the club.
Levante's main threat came from centre-back Adrián de la Fuente, known as Dela, whose long-range shot Odysseas Vlachodimos kept out in the 28th minute. Sevilla still had the better chances before the break: Fofana forced a save in the 34th minute and Ure twice shot narrowly wide late in the half.
Miguel Sierra hit the crossbar in the 50th minute. Four minutes later he crossed, Ure headed the ball down and Correia finished from close range. The flag went up for offside, but a VAR review showed Correia was onside and the goal stood.
Castro sent on Petar Ratkov and Thiago Fernández in the 56th minute, and within a minute Levante were back in it. Brugué played Iván Romero through, and the former Sevilla academy forward scored from a tight angle into the top corner.
Sevilla then lost Sierra and Correia to injuries. Isaac Romero replaced Ure in the 68th minute, and Odysseas blocked a close-range Brugué header in the 80th.
Two minutes into stoppage time, Dela levelled with a left-footed strike from outside the box into the top corner. Three minutes later, Isaac Romero fired a left-footed shot in from outside the area after a pass from Fofana to make it 3-2 to Sevilla. He had been booked for a foul a few minutes earlier, and six minutes into stoppage time he was shown a second yellow for his celebration. Sevilla's own match report said he had gestured for the home fans to be quiet.
Ten-man Sevilla could not hold on. After Odysseas saved from Dela and Nacho Pérez, Ndukwe turned in the loose ball 10 minutes into stoppage time, and the goal stood after a VAR check.
What the result means
The point lifts Levante to 17th and out of the bottom three. They have six points from seven games and sit above Elche on the same total.
Sevilla stay fifth on 14 points and remain unbeaten away from home this season. However, they dropped two points in García Plaza's return to the club he led to promotion in 2010, a storyline set out in our Levante vs Sevilla preview.
What happens next
Levante travel to Deportivo on Friday 16 October (20:00 UK). Deportivo lost their last game 3-2 at Real Sociedad. Sevilla visit the Bernabéu on Sunday 18 October (20:00 UK) to face a Real Madrid side that beat Villarreal 1-0 with 10 men in their last match.
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