Barcelona, Dec 10 || Two headers from Jules Kounde lifted Barcelona to a 2-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt, securing a vital Champions League victory at home.
The win leaves Barcelona 13th in the 36-team league phase, still with work to do to ensure a top-eight finish, but with two winnable games to play in the new year.
Ansgar Knauff put Eintracht ahead in the 21st minute against the run of play when he finished off a counter-attack in a half where Barcelona had most of the ball, with Pedri looking to control the play, reports.
Kounde headed Barcelona level in the 50th minute after a fine cross from Marcus Rashford after the England forward had come on as a halftime substitute.
Kounde scored another header three minutes later, nodding in Lamine Yamal's high cross.
In Bergamo, Reece James set up Joao Pedro to open the scoring for Chelsea at Atalanta, but Gianluca Scamacca was allowed a free header to equalize 10 minutes into the second half, and the Chelsea defense stood off when Charles De Ketelaere fired in Atalanta's winner with seven minutes left.