📸 How Dortmund crashed out of the UCL vs Atalanta

It has been another European night to forget for German giant Borussia Dortmund, with Niko Kovač looking on as Die Schwarzgelben faltered at New Balance Arena.

After jumping to a 2-0 aggregate lead last week, Dortmund were down on the night after strikes from Gianluca Scamacca ('5), Davide Zappacosta (45'), and Mario Pašalić (57').

A hit from Karim Adeyemi brought them back to life in the 75th minute, however, with the effort from the German international en route to forcing extra time before a massive call in the dying minutes of stoppage time ended their continental campaign.

While defending a cross, full-back Ramy Bensebaini was judged to have committed a foul on Scamacca when attempting to block a ball into the box, with his studs making contact with the Italian's forehead.

After VAR review, Bensebaini received a second yellow and a subsequent sending off for the incident, which would see Atalanta earn a penalty in the 7th minute of added time for Lazar Samardžić to slam home into the top corner to book La Dea's passage into the round of 16.

A monumental collapse from the Germans, just days before their titanic Bundesliga clash against bitter rival Bayern Munich, could not have come at a more inopportune moment.