Atalanta striker Duvan Zapata insists they can be proud of their performance in defeat at home to Villarreal.

La Dea were eliminated from the Champions League after Thursday night's 3-2 defeat to Villarreal.

“We are disappointed, but also feel we gave everything we had," Zapata said afterwards.

“It's really sad, because we wanted to go through and be in the final 16. That's the way it went, we need to focus on Serie A now, because it is thanks to our form in the league that we got here."

At one stage, Villarreal were 3-0 ahead on the night.

“They scored so early and we tried to fight back, but I think the anxiety got to us. Villarreal are a really good team and they played so well this evening.

“We tried to play our game and at least equalise, but luck wasn't on our side with the woodwork. There are regrets over all the situations where we could've done better, but I also feel that we can rest easy knowing we tried everything to get this game back on track."