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Manchester United will aim to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday as they take on Atletico Madrid in the second-leg of the last 16 tie.

The tie is finely poised after an enthralling opening leg in the Spanish capital in which United somehow managed to escape with a 1-1 draw. Atleti dominated for the vast majority of the match after going ahead through Joao Felix's sixth-minute header and had plenty of chances to not only end the match but the tie itself.

Yet, United managed to hold on and then remarkably drew level after Bruno Fernandes played through Anthony Elanga who scored into the far corner with his first touch.

Ralf Rangnick is hoping to have a fully fit squad for the match at Old Trafford, with Scott McTominay back in training after a calf problem and Bruno Fernandes and Luke Shaw returning to Carrington following bouts of Covid-19. Shaw remains a doubt, however.

Stay tuned for the latest United news ahead of the game.

Fred and Scott McTominay are barely Anderson and Darren Fletcher, never mind Paul Ince and Roy Keane. Whoever the next Manchester United manager is, their futures are still assured.

Both have been overplayed the last few years, a consequence of the midfield malaise at a club that has not signed an outright central midfielder since Fred checked in for a medical on the eve of the 2018 World Cup. McTominay has since signed two new contracts since. Perversely, Fred has not received a renewal.

In a season where only Anthony Elanga has been summoned to the Carrington press room to pose with a dummy contract, Fred should be next in line. There would inevitably be outrage and despair from some and, yes, United cannot seem to go a year without doling out an incongruous contract to a