Marko Dmitrovic kept the scoreline level late on as Espanyol and Levante played out a 0-0 draw, a finish decided by a string of late saves, a sending-off and six minutes of added time. The match ended goalless, the second half closing with Espanyol 0 and Levante 0.
Dmitrovic was the defining figure in the final passages. Late in the match he pushed away a left-footed effort from Carlos Álvarez taken from outside the box, then produced two more stops from Karl Etta Eyong — a close-range left-footed attempt and a right-footed strike from the centre of the box — that prevented Levante from breaking the deadlock.
Levante’s late pressure came amid a stoppage caused by an injury to Carlos Álvarez earlier in the second half. Álvarez still influenced play after returning: he won a free kick in the attacking half and had another left-footed shot blocked before Dmitrovic’s later save from him. Those moments framed a match where chances existed but the net never bulged.
Espanyol created their own openings. Adrián de la Fuente saw a header from the centre of the box blocked as home attempts tested Levante’s resistance. At the other end, Espanyol were forced to weather multiple Levante forays in the closing stages, with Dmitrovic repeatedly called into action.
Tempers and tension rose as the match wore on. Pol Lozano was booked for a bad foul and, later, shown a second yellow for another bad foul, reducing his side and altering the final minutes. The fourth official signalled six minutes of added time, during which Levante pushed hard and Dmitrovic stood firm to preserve the draw.
The pattern of the closing stages — a clustered sequence of stopped efforts, a player down through injury, a dismissal and extended added time — left the scoreboard unchanged. Despite multiple late Levante attempts and blocked efforts from both sides, neither team could convert the openings that arose between the two penalty areas.
The single most consequential factor was clear: Dmitrovic’s late interventions decided the outcome. Without those saves, the match would have finished differently; with them, both sides leave with a point and a scoreline that reflects a tight, error-free defensive finish rather than attacking dominance.
