Atalanta played to a goalless draw with Arsenal at home. Atalanta and Arsenal didn't have many scoring chances. Both teams played as if they didn't want to score many goals. Atalanta failed to capitalize on a penalty early in the second half.
Atletico Madrid, on the other hand, managed to defeat Leipzig 2-1 in a game in which they fell behind. Griezmann finished the match with 1 goal and 1 assist. Atletico had 3 times more shots than Leipzig but most of them were not on target.
Atalanta was the winner of the Europa League last season and their performance was very great as they had a very more consistent gameplay last season. They’re really deserving to also be in the champions league this season after their great performance last season that earn them the Europa League trophy. I may not be too surprised to see Arsenal drawing this match, they were not playing just with a mediocre team, they needed to put that effort if they really wanted to win that match. I won’t say their performance was poor, they really tried their best because Atalanta was able to feel the pressure in the match and knew they were either not going to win that match easily if at all they want to.
What I noticed at the end of the games was that Atlanta was so observant about a set piece for Arsenal. They rather prefer the ball to go to the throwing side than being a corner. It was just 2/2 corners for both teams before the game ended and the reason for Atlanta being watched over those corners is that Arsenal has created more goal chances during corners. And if they have multiple corners they may end up scoring one and then winning the game. To be honest Atlanta's coach is a good coach and his boys played against Arsenal so well that they deserve more than the draw they got in the game. The penalty would have sealed everything if they had scored it.