UEFA Champions League: Atletico Madrid vs Manchester United ends all level at 2-2

UEFA Champions League: Atletico Madrid vs Manchester United ends all level at 2-2

Atletico Madrid vs Manchester United: The champions of Spain took on the Red Devils in the first leg of the knockout stages in the UEFA Champions League.

Diego Simeone’s side would be frustrated to not come away with the win over Ralf Rangnick’s side after being in control of the game for 80 minutes.

An early header by Felix put the home side in control and they were unlucky to have seen a couple of shots hit the woodwork. But an 80th-minute equalizer by substituting Elanga with United’s first shot on target left the hosts frustrated.

Let’s take a look at the player ratings for Atletico Madrid vs Manchester United match:-

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Atletico Madrid vs Manchester United Player Ratings

Atletico Madrid:

Jan Oblak(6/10): The Atletico keeper had a quiet game but arguably should have done better for the goal.

Stefan Savic (6.6/10): Held the back line with Gimenez well for a majority of the game and frustrated the United forwards.

J M Gimenez (6.7/10): Had a good game at the back and held the United forwards at bay for a majority.

Reinildo Mandava(6.4/10): Made a  bad decision which led to the Elanga goal. Was too aggressive at times which led to him being booked.

Sime Vrsalijko(6/10): His passing was poor and lost possession many times.

Renan Lodi(7.1/10): Played a wonderful cross to assist the Felix goal. Was productive and constantly asking questions from the left.

Geoffrey Kondogbia (7.4/10): Was brilliant in controlling the midfield and dictated the play well.

Hector Herrera (6.9/10): Did well in midfield to stop United transitions. Made some good long balls.

Marcos Llorente (6.5/10): The midfielder was inactive at times but did well in possession.

Angel Correa (6.2/10): Did not have any meaningful impact on the game in the final third and lost possession many times.

Joao Felix (8.1/10): Scored with a brilliant leap and header to give Atleti the lead. His dribbling constantly troubled the United defenders and won a lot of fouls.

Substitutes:

Antoine Griezmann (6.5/10): Almost scored with a curling effort but was unlucky to hit the crossbar.

Thomas Lemar (6.2/10): Did not have much impact after coming on in the 76th minute.

Manchester United

David de Gea (6/10): De Gea had some poor distribution but was not really tested apart from the goal.

Harry Maguire (6.4/10): The captain was blindsided for the goal. He did not seem comfortable dealing with the pace of the Atleti forwards but his aerial presence was good.

Raphael Varane (6.7/10): Seemed out of place for a majority of the first half but slowly got into the game as it progressed.

Luke Shaw(6.2/10): Was disappointing and offered no service going forward. Was too aggressive defensively and was subbed off after a yellow card.

Victor Lindelof (6.5/10): Lindelof did not seem comfortable playing out of position at right back but did well making some important tackles and blocks before being subbed off.

Paul Pogba(5.8/10): Pogba had a night to forget as he was constantly losing possession and was unable to make any positive impact on the game.

Fred(6.3/10): The midfielder was busy but his lack of technical ability was highlighted with his poor passing.

Bruno Fernandes (6.9/10): Had a terrible first half full of misplaced passes but got the important assist for the equaliser.

Marcus Rashford (5.9/10): Rashford had a very poor game. His attempts to go past players were unsuccessful multiple times and he was unable to do anything useful in the final third.

Jadon Sancho (6.3/10): Was unable to create anything from his wing but did some good tracking back defensively.

Cristiano Ronaldo (6.4/10): Ronaldo had a very frustrating game with no service provided to him. He tried to drop deep and string some passes together but on the whole could not really impact the match.

Substitutes:

Anthony Elanga (7.1/10): Got the all important equaliser with a clean finish.

Nemanja Matic(6.8/10): Came on for Pogba in the 66th minute and brought some well needed composure to the midfield

Jesse Lingard (6/10): Came on in the 82nd minute and did not have an impact.

Alex Telles (6.6/10): Did well after coming on and made a few good crosses.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka(6.4/10): Was more suited to the RB role than Lindelof.

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