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Levante Stun Real Madrid Despite Marcelo Ending Historic Scoring Drought

Real Madrid slipped to their third La Liga defeat of the season on Saturday after they were beaten 2-1 by Levante at the Santiago Bernabeu.

The visitors stunned the hosts by taking the lead after just six minutes. Raphael Varane misjudged Sergio Postigo's ball upfield for Jose Luis Morales, and the striker flicked the ball around goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois before finding the back of the net.

Roger Marti doubled Levante's lead seven minutes later from the penalty spot. Again, Varane was culpable as he was penalised for handball after a VAR review.

Marcelo pulled one back in the second half to give Madrid hope of a comeback.