FT: Atletico Madrid 1–1 Man United: LIVE updates, reactions, stats, ratings, etc.

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FT: Atletico Madrid 1–1 Man United: LIVE updates, reactions, stats, ratings, etc.

🏁 FULL-TIME: Atletico Madrid 1–1 Man United. Super-sub Elanga rescues the Red Devils who simply did not turn up for the big occasion. Still, the Round of 16 tie will be decided at Old Trafford next month.

⏰ 80–90'+ Atletico come close to scoring their second goal as Antoine Griezmann hits the bar. Man United survive the scare with four extra minutes added to the game.

⚽ 80' GOAL! Atletico Madrid 1–1 Man United. Bruno finds Elanga on the break and the youngster equalises! Jesse Lingard comes on right after after goal.

⏰ 65–75' Rangnick mixes things up with a triple change: Aaron Wan-Bissaka for Lindelof, Alex Telles for Luke Shaw and Nemanja Matic for Pogba. A few minutes later, Rashford finally comes off, replaced by Anthony Elanga.

⏰ 55–65' Just an hour played in Madrid and Man United have only registered one shot at goal. This is simply not good enough from the Red Devils on a Champions League night.

⏰ 45–55' Man United are searching for an equaliser with Bruno's effort is blocked and Marcus Rashford's poor first touch lets him down again.

🔥 45' SECOND HALF. We are back underway at the Wanda Metropolitano!

📝 Here are the half-time ratings

Impressed: none

Average: De Gea — 5, Ronaldo — 5, Sancho — 5, Shaw — 5, Fred — 5.

Poor: Varane — 4, Lindelof — 4, Maguire — 4, Bruno — 4, Pogba — 3, Rashford — 2.

⏰ 35–45'+ Cristiano Ronaldo attempts a few shots on goal from distance to no avail. Atletico hit the crossbar through Sime Vrsaljko at the death and the first half with a 1–0 lead for the hosts.

⏰ 25–35' De Gea does well to cover for Raphael Varane after the Frenchman slips and lets Angel Correa through on goal. Most Man United players look like they are being swallowed by the occasion.

⏰ 15–25' Jadon Sancho it trying to make things happen but Man United's efforts are being slowed by their midfielders (mostly Paul Pogba) who take too long on the ball.

⏰ 8–15' Man United's first real chance of the game falls to Bruno Fernandes but it goes nowhere. So far, Atletico look like the only team to have turned up tonight.

⚽ 7' GOAL. Atletico Madrid 1–0 Man United. The host take an early lead as Joao Felix gets away from Harry Maguire and heads the ball in past David De Gea.

🔥 0' KICK OFF. And we are underway at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium

👉 Diego Simeone shares his thoughts on the game: "Man United have evolved since the new manager arrived. It's an intense, dynamic team, very brave, with very good forwards, very good footballers overall. They're really strongand it's really, really difficult to find vulnerabilities there."

🗣️ Ralf Rangnick explains Scott McTominay's absence: "He's ill unfortunately. I spoke with him this afternoon, he's still not feeling well. We had a little bit of hope that he might be available but he was not so we had to find the best possible formation and line-up without Scotty."

👉 Here are the team news for tonight. As per MUTV, the Red Devils are lining up in a 4-3-3 formation with Victor Lindelof playing at right-back.

Man United XI: De Gea, Lindelof, Maguire, Varane, Shaw, Sancho, Pogba, Fred, Fernandes, Rashford, Ronaldo.

Subs: Heaton, Henderson, Telles, Bailly, Dalot, Jones, Wan-Bissaka, Hannibal, Lingard, Mata, Matic, Elanga.

Atletico XI: Oblak, Vrsaljko, Gimenez, Savic, Lodi, Kondogbia, Herrera, Reinildo, Llorente, Correa, Felix.

👋 Hello everyone and welcome to our live blog coverage of Manchester United's game away at Atletico Madrid in the Champions League Round of 16.

AuthorGeorgy TsepkovskiySourceTribuna.com
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