May 13, 2018 at 7.45pm UK at ​Estadio Ciudad de Valencia (Valencia)
Attendance: 22,384
Levante
5-4
Barcelona
Boateng (9', 30', 49'), Bardhi (46', 56')
Bardhi (22'), Boateng (37'), Coke (62'), Campana (70'), Lerma (88'), Pazzini (90')
FT(HT: 2-1)
Coutinho (38', 59', 64'), Suarez (71' pen.)
Vermaelen (20'), Busquets (65'), Suarez (88'), Suarez (89'), Mina (90'), Pique (90'), Alba (90')

Ernesto Valverde defends under-fire Yerry Mina

Valverde defends under-fire Yerry Mina
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Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde defends under-fire centre-back Yerry Mina following Sunday's 5-4 defeat at Levante.

Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde has defended Yerry Mina following Sunday's 5-4 defeat at Levante.

The Catalan giants saw their hopes of ending the 2017-18 La Liga campaign unbeaten finish courtesy of the loss in Valencia at the weekend.

Mina, who joined Barcelona from Palmeiras in the early stages of 2018, was handed a rare start at the centre of defence, and the 23-year-old has been widely criticised following the match.

Valverde, however, has insisted that the Colombia international "showed personality" during the clash.

"Mina? You see the result, we conceded a few goals and people suddenly think the defenders had a horrible game. Yerry showed personality at certain moments of the game, like the others," Valverde told reporters.

Mina has been strongly linked with a loan move to Liverpool in recent days.

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2Atletico MadridAtletico37239556203678
3Real Madrid37229692425075
4Valencia37217963372670
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