Barcelona miss the chance to finish top of the league phase of the Champions League as they draw with Atalanta, who drop into the play-off round.

Enjoy live updates from Tuesday's Champions League action as Liverpool took on Lille, Benfica took on Barcelona and Atlético Madrid took on Bayer Leverkusen.

With the old group stage scrapped, teams in the Champions League now battle all 35 other clubs in the hunt for a knockout spot.

There were storylines across all 18 simultaneous kick-offs – not to mention 64 goals in total – but Aston Villa and Lille securing automatic qualification for the round of 16, as well as Manchester City coming from the elimination zone to reach the knockout phase play-offs, were among the headlines. UEFA.com rounds up all the action.

So much is up for grabs on Wednesday's Matchday 8, and here are the five players who'll help decide how it goes

The first-ever league phase in the UEFA Champions League will come to a dramatic end on Wednesday, when there's much at stake for Europe's top clubs across 18 games that will kick off at the exact same time.

Barcelona’s Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, with 9 goals, is currently the top goal scorer in the competition, while his teammate Raphinha is second with 8 goals. Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy and Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr are third and fourth with 7 goals each, while Manchester City’s Erling Haaland is fifth on the list with 6 goals to his name.

Raphinha was the hero for FC Barcelona once again last night as he pulled off a sensational last-minute goal to fire his team to a comeback 5-4 win over Benfica in the UEFA Champions League.The

UEFA on Thursday included Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior and Barcelona's Raphinha in the Champions League team for this week. This follows the conclusion

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Bayer Leverkusen vs Sparta Prague in the UEFA Champions League

Catch the live score and updates from the UEFA Champions League league phase encounter between Benfica and Barcelona.

Barcelona came from behind to beat Benfica in dramatic fashion on Tuesday in UEFA Champions League action, taking part in Matchday 7's wildest game so far with a 5-4 win. Benfica