Atletico Madrid advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League courtesy of a 1-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford. They secured a 2-1 aggregate win in the round-of-16 tie. Renan Lodi scored the decisive goal in the contest as he converted Antoine Griezmann’s cross in the first half.
United attempted to pile on the pressure but failed to make the breakthrough amid a solid defensive performance from Los Rojiblancos and Jan Oblak between the posts.
Anthony Elanga scored United’s goal in Madrid but missed an early chance to convert a pass from Bruno.
Jan Oblak kept out a point-blank effort from Elanga with his head in the 13th minute.
Atletico still went into half-time in front after Lodi headed home Antoine Griezmann’s delivery.
Oblak made another excellent stop from a Raphael Varane header that looked destined for the top-left corner with 13 minutes.
United’s campaign in Europe comes to a bitter end, while Diego Simeone’s men continue their journey into the last eight.
Starting Lineup:
MANCHESTER UNITED (4-2-3-1): David de Gea;
Diogo Dalot, Raphael Varane, Harry Maguire, Alex Telles;
Scott McTominay, Fred; Anthony Elanga, Bruno Fernandes, Jadon Sancho;
Cristiano Ronaldo.
ATLETICO MADRID (3-1-4-2): Jan Oblak;
Stefan Savic, Jose Gimenez, Reinildo; Hector Herrera;
Marcos Llorente, Koke, Rodrigo De Paul, Renan Lodi;
Antoine Griezmann, Joao Felix.
Goals:
0-1. The Spanish side takes the lead on the night and in the tie as Lodi plants a header into the back of the net at the back post. Felix runs into the box before offloading back to Griezmann with a neat flick. The Frenchman curls a delightful cross into the inside-left channel for Lodi to connect with and score.
So, where else do Manchester United and Atletico Madrid go from here?
Manchester United have a while to mull over their defeat as they do not return to action until April 2 against Leicester City on home soil in the Premier League.
Meanwhile, Atletico is next in action on the road in LaLiga on Saturday against Rayo Vallecano.
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