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:
Half-time: Man Utd 0 - 1 Atletico Madrid (1-2 agg)
45+1 mins: Atletico Madrid have the advantage as the teams head into the break! Bruno Fernandes forced Jan Oblak into a sharp save with a shot from range right at the end of the half but United go in behind.
It’s a huge 45 minutes coming up for Manchester United.
Man Utd 0 - 1 Atletico Madrid (1-2 agg)
44 mins: Alex Telles wins a free kick on the left wing after being fouled by Rodrigo de Paul. He then curls the set piece into the penalty are aiming for Harry Maguire but Jose Maria Gimenez wins it again and nods the ball clear.
Manchester United have to come from behind again in this tie.
GOAL! Man Utd 0 - 1 Atletico Madrid (1-2 agg) - Lodi, 41'⚽️
41 mins: Atletico Madrid have the lead at Old Trafford! Anthony Elanga drives down the right side and goes inside of Reinildo before hitting the turf. United think they should have a free kick but the referee plays on and Atleti sweep up the pitch. Joao Felix gives the ball to Antoine Greizmann who makes an overlapping run on the right and flicks it across to the far post where Renan Lodi is wide open. He meets the ball into the air, heads it into the ground and finds the back of the net.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Atletico Madrid (1-1 agg)
38 mins: Diogo Dalot attempts to pick out Anthony Elanga with a long ball down the right wing. Renan Lodi is back to defend for Atletico and nods the ball safely to his goalkeeper who takes over.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Atletico Madrid (1-1 agg)
35 mins: Disallowed goal! Atletico Madrid score first but Man Utd get a reprieve. Koke drives into the final third and takes on United’s high line. He slides a pass into the box where Marcos Llorente collects it. Joao Felix is waiting in the middle and he taps home as the ball is squared to him.
The offside flag goes up immediately though and the replays show Llorente started his run too soon and got cuaght in the offside trap.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Atletico Madrid (1-1 agg)
32 mins: Renan Lodi whips a cross into the United box but sends it straight into the hands of David De Gea. Atletico Madrid haven’t really created anything in front of goal but it’s only a matter of time before they have a good chance.
Man Utd will hope to be in front by then.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Atletico Madrid (1-1 agg)
29 mins: Man Utd move through midfield quickly with Fred bringing the ball forward. He sends it out to Jadon Sancho who cuts into the box and is dispossessed by Marcos Llorente.
The homse side regain the ball and win a corner. Alex Telles swings the set piece into the area where Harry Maguire and Jose Maria Gimenez both leaps for the ball. Gimenez wins it and is then fouled by the United captain.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Atletico Madrid (1-1 agg)
26 mins: Atletico Madrid take the ball off Bruno Fernandes and sweep forward on the counter-attack. It comes up to Joao Felix who drives through midfield and gets clipped by Scott McTominay.
De Paul floats the free kick into the Man Utd box but it’s headed away and McTominay himself completes the clearance.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Atletico Madrid (1-1 agg)
23 mins: Fred flicks the ball into the Atletico box as Bruno Fernandes runs into the area. He jumps to win the ball in the air as Reinildo comes in across behind him. Reinildo sticks his leg inbetween Fernandes’ and wins the ball but gets tangled up with the Manchester United midfielder. The home side want a penalty but the referee takes his time with the decision and awards a goal kick to Atletico. No intervention from VAR.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Atletico Madrid (1-1 agg)
20 mins: Alex Telles brings the ball down the left wing and curls another cross into the penalty area. It bounces through to Diogo Dalot who’s encouraged to shoot but the Man Utd fans. He lets fly with a low effort from just inside the area but Reinildo is there to get a block in.
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