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.
Follow reaction as Manchester United take on Atletico Madrid:
Man Utd 0 - 1 Atletico Madrid (1-2 agg)
85 mins: Alex Telles swings a corner into the box and Atletico head it out to Dalot who lets fly from outside the penalty area and just sends it wide of the back post.
Juan Mata is on in place of Harry Maguire for Man Utd.
Man Utd 0 - 1 Atletico Madrid (1-2 agg)
82 mins: Lodi’s free kick is sent into the box but only half dealt with by Telles. The ball rolls out to Kondogbia who runs onto a first time shot and boots it high and wide!
Man Utd 0 - 1 Atletico Madrid (1-2 agg)
80 mins: 10 minutes to go at Old Trafford. Geoffrey Kondogbia comes on to replace Koke who takes his sweet time to get off the pitch. Expect a lot of time-wasting from Atletico now.
Man Utd 0 - 1 Atletico Madrid (1-2 agg)
77 mins: Fred’s off, Cavani’s on.
Lodi takes out Rashford on the right wing and Man Utd win another free kick. It’s another chance to get the ball into the box. It’s a beautiful ball from Telles to pick out Varane who powers a header at goal only to be denied by Oblak’s right hand!
The ball loops up to Ronaldo who whacks an overhead kick back at goal but can’t beat the goalkeeper. Jan Oblak may have just sent Atletico Madrid into the quarter-finals!
Man Utd 0 - 1 Atletico Madrid (1-2 agg)
74 mins: Raphael Varane steps up the pitch and gets fouled by Hector Herrera. Alex Telles flicks the ball into the box in exactly the spot Cristiano Ronaldo wants it but Jan Oblak comes off his line and plucks the ball out of the air.
Edinson Cavani is ready to come on for Man Utd.
Man Utd 0 - 1 Atletico Madrid (1-2 agg)
71 mins: Antoine Griezmann tries to chip David De Gea from outside the box but sends his effort onto the roof of the goal. Joao Felix then has a go from a long way away and drags his shot well wide.
Manchester United are just trying to draw Atletico out of their defensive shape.
Man Utd 0 - 1 Atletico Madrid (1-2 agg)
68 mins: Three changes from Ralf Rangnick. Marcus Rashford, Nemanja Matic, and Paul Pogba all come on to replace Scott McTominay, Anthony Elanga and Bruno Fernandes!
Can United create one great chance?
Man Utd 0 - 1 Atletico Madrid (1-2 agg)
66 mins: Marcos Llorente runs into Fred as he receives the ball from a throw in and Man Utd earn themselves a free kick over to the left side of the box. Alex Telles and Bruno Fernandes stand over the deadball. It’s Fernandes who swings in the cross and he sends the ball just over the head of Cristiano Ronaldo!
Man Utd 0 - 1 Atletico Madrid (1-2 agg)
63 mins: Close! Atletico Madrid sweep up the pitch with a simple pass over to the left wing. Varane comes across and gets caught in no man’s land as the cross comes into the box. Joao Felix squeezes in front of Maguire but can’t reach the ball as it skirts through the six-yard box. Marcos Llorente keeps it alive and wins a corner for the visitors.
Man Utd 0 - 1 Atletico Madrid (1-2 agg)
60 mins: Chance! Man Utd take their time and move the ball around the pitch. Sancho has it on the left and lays it inside to Maguire. He slots it over to McTominay who slides Dalot in on the overlap. Dalot whips a cross to the back post where Sancho meets the ball on the volley and smokes it just over the crossbar!
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