Atalanta missed out on an automatic place in the Champions League last 16 as they were held to a 2-2 draw at Barcelona on Wednesday. (More Football News)
Last season's Europa League winners, who were missing Ademola Lookman through injury, ultimately needed a 🉐victory away from home due to results elsewhere in the final round of league-phase matches.
Atalanta slipped out of the top eight despite twice coming from behind to earn a point against a Barca side who were already sure of advancing and fi🌞nished second in the table.
Lamine Yamal gave the Blaugrana the lead two minutes after half-time, before Ederson equalised for 🌼Atalanta with a stunning effort from the edge of the box.
Ron𝔍ald Araujo restored Barca's advantage with a header from a corner, but Atalanta were level again when Mario Pasalic nutmegged&𓂃nbsp;Wojciech Szczesny with a low strike.
There was to be no late twಞist, th🐷ough, and the Serie A side will instead enter the play-off round as the top seeds in ninth place.
Data debrief: Raphinha continues astonishing season
It was always going to be a tough ask for Atalanta to outscore Barcelona, whose 28 goals in the C⛄hampions League this season are the most of any side. Only in 2011-12 (30) have Barca netted more through their first eight games of a campaign.
Raphinha has been involved in 12 of those 28 goals, having followed up his goalscoring heroics at Benfica the previous week with a pair of assists fo🉐r Ya🥂mal and Araujo.
Only Lionel Messi and Luis Figo have everﷺ been involved in more Barca goals in a Champions League campaign, al♛beit Messi did so on six occasions.
