Atlético Madrid 1-1 Manchester United: Champions League last 16, first leg – live reaction!

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Minute-by-minute: The hosts were the better team, but Anthony Elanga’s late goal puts United in the driving seat with their home leg to follow. Scott Murray was watching.

That wasn’t a performance that will live long in the collective United memory banks, but it was a fine result. A classic European away grift, in many ways, though of course away goals don’t count for anything extra any more. Still, United would have taken a draw at the start of the day; they’d have snatched your hand off for it after that half-time performance. But they did improve in the second half, and in Anthony Elanga they have one hell of a dancer. The second leg at Old Trafford will be played three weeks on Tuesday. Advantage United, then, just about.

David Hytner was our man in the Metropolitano tonight. Here’s his report. Clickity click! Thanks for reading this MBM.

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Lingard aims for the bottom right from 20 yards. Oblak parries. There’s nobody chasing down the loose ball, and the keeper claims at the second attempt. And that’s that. Simeone trudges down the tunnel, while Elanga is congratulated by his mates. That pretty much tells the whole story on an evening when United were outplayed for the majority of the match, but hung on, battled hard, and snatched a fine equaliser. Lucky, according to Rio Ferdinand on BT, but hey, you make your own luck.

Ralf Rangnick takes his turn to talk to BT. “I don’t know if I rescued it, but after the performance in the first half, it could only get better. What we played in the first half, I still can’t believe what we did. We played without conviction, without all the necessary aggression, that’s why