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MADRID, Nov. 3-- There was a weekend of surprise results in the 12th round of games in Spain's Liga Santander as FC Barcelona crashed to their third away defeat of the campaign while Real Madrid was held at home to struggling Betis and Atletico Madrid had to settle for a draw away to Sevilla. Barca opened the scoring away to Levante thanks to a Leo Messi penalty in the first half, but lost Luis Suarez through an ankle injury and then saw how everything fell apart in a disastrous seven-minute spell just after the hour. A poor ball from defense allowed Jose Campano to equalize after Borja Mayoral had set him up inside the Barca area on the hour. Mayoral made it 2-1 for Levante just two minutes later as he fired home from 25 meters and Nemanja Radoja sealed the win in the 67th minute with a shot which took a shot deflection off Sergio Busquets. Barca's defeat opened the door for Real Madrid to go top, but Zinedine Zidane's side fired blanks in their 0-0 draw at home to Betis. Eden Hazard had a goal ruled out by the VAR, but that was as good as it got for a Real Madrid side that ran out of steam as the game progressed. It was very much a "game of two halves" in Sevilla's Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium with Sevilla playing better in the first 45 minutes and taking the lead through a Fran Vazquez header. The second half saw Diego Costa come on as a substitute for Atletico and after he had a header ruled out for offside, Alvaro Morata leveled the score with his fourth goal in four games. | 
