Manchester United vs Atletico Madrid LIVE: Champions League result, final score, reaction as United crash out
Manchester United 0-1 Atletico Madrid (agg 1-2): Relive the reaction from Old Trafford as Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League
Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League as Atletico Madrid triumphed 1-0 at Old Trafford to record a 2-1 aggregate win and advance to the quarter-finals.
Old Trafford demanded a classic European night, but only got a vintage Atletico performance, to produce another dismally routine Champions League exit for the Red Devils.
Their season is good as over after this 1-0 defeat, courtesy of Renan Lodi’s first-half header, bar a needlessly panicked chase for a place in the competition next season.
If they manage that, it will need immense changes for that to be anything other than yet another forgettable exit. This is a shadow of the club it should be, as a night like this proved. There was no grand-stand comeback, no great display from Cristiano Ronaldo. He was a ghost, but one of many. His psychological hold over Atletico is broken, to go with so much in the United team.
Atletico, for all the intensity of their celebration, didn’t really require the same intensity to their display. They had too much nous for United, too much Champions League experience.
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Man Utd vs Atletico Madrid
Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Manchester United vs Atletico Madrid. This is the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie and both teams are hoping to the reach the quarter-finals with victory tonight.
Anthony Elanga rescued Manchester United in the first leg by scoring late on at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium to end the game 1-1 and ensure Atletico didn’t bring a lead to Old Trafford this evening. Diego Simeone’s men were the better side by far in the previous match and will feel aggrieved that they have let United back into the tie.
Cristiano Ronaldo comes into the game on the back of a hat-trick against Tottenham in the Premier League and the Red Devils will need him to keep firing in goals if they want to beat the La Liga champions and reach the next round.
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