Published 14:56 IST, November 3rd 2019

Longshots draw blood on the field as they gun down maestros

The weekend certainly belonged to the underdogs of football as they stunned their respective league toppers to gain a certain perspective, if not lead charts.

Reported by: Jitesh Vachhatani
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weekend certainly belonged to underdogs of football as y stunned ir respective league toppers to gain a certain perspective, if t le charts. For starters, Levante gunned down Barcelona despite G.O.A.T Lionel Messi scoring. Real Mrid are definitely missing presence of Christia Ronaldo as even y drew to Real Betis in La Liga. One cant even ponder over Emery's misery as Arsenal witness wrath fall upon m again whereas Ligue 1 witnessed table-toppers PSG lose to Dijon. However, highlight has to be Bundesliga where Frankfurt upset Bayern Munich with a heavy defeat of 5-1. 

Levante stun Barcelona 

Lionel Messi scored again but was helpless to prevent Barcelona conceding three goals in seven minutes as Levante stormed to a surprise 3-1 victory in La Liga. Messi converted a first-half penalty at City of Valencia Stium for his sixth goal in five games only for Levante to stun defending champions with an incredible treble shortly after hour on Saturday. "Everything unravelled," said Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde. "We didn't start second half well, we weren't creating chances and although y weren't eir y suddenly scored two goals. third one hurt us a lot." 

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Ole's wheel gets ar puncture

Bournemouth's forward Joshua King hit a terrific volley from close range to thrash United and help Bournemouth smile as y scored ir first Premier League goal for more than a month. United put up a pleasing performance but still ended up on wrong side of result, with Ole mitting at a team selection mistake. Despite changes to make ir gameplay more attacking, United failed to cause Bournemouth any problems. 

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Betis draws Mrid

Zinedine Zidane's might t be in same form as y were during Ronaldo's reign but y certainly are cruising in La Liga. However, Real Betis did t just hold Mrid to a goalless draw but also held m back from topping La Liga table. Hazard did show some promise but Goalkeeper Joel Robles was stern at his crease making some crucial saves off Vinicius Junior and Sergio Ramos. 

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Wolves show promise, again

Coming off from a heartbreaking but thrilling match against Liverpool in Carabao Cup, Arsenal did look determined to grab this win as y drew blood first. However, hosts gave away ir le as Raul Jimenez heed Joao Moutinho's hooked cross past Bernd Le to help Wolves upset Gunners. Granit Xhaka after some displeasing moments from Red Army scored for Arsenal to help team hook onto fifth position in team. 

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Dijon upset PSG 

PSG were handed ir third defeat of season as Dijon scored twice in game which saw Mbappe score. Mbappe's delightful chip helped PSG gain le which was soon levelled by deserving Mounir Chouiar's efforts. Soon after half time, Dijon hit hard again as Jhonder Ciz thrashed ar one into PSG's net. Icardi tried to look for a comeback but was disappointed as y shot hit wide. 

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