Given Barcelona's recent struggles in the Champions League, they would have snapped your hand off if you had offered them second place at the start of the league phase. However, there was an air of disappointment as the competition's great entertainers this season failed to deliver a seventh straight European win.

In many ways, this 2-2 draw was Barça's Champions League campaign in a nutshell: capable of scoring at any moment but also liable to concede. Lamine Yamal's 10th goal of the campaign was the perfect encapsulation of how good they are on the counter, Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski combining to set up the 17-year-old. Ronald Araújo demonstrated they can also score from set plays, taking their goal tally in the competition to 28 -- six more than any other side.

Unfortunately, they also concede more than most, a weakness Atalanta exploited as they twice came from behind. Éderson's goal was a brilliant individual effort, but Mario Pašalić's equaliser was the result of sloppy defending. Barça have now conceded 13 goals in this season's competition and of the teams left, only Feyenoord, Manchester City and Celtic have leaked more. Entertainment should be guaranteed in their last 16 tie.

Atalanta could yet join them there. They will be disappointed to drop out of the top eight on the final matchday, but they have shown they can clearly match Europe's best.