Atlético leaves United alive with a missing Cristiano (1-1)

Until the minute 70, the Athletic of Madrid had played the best party of the season. The 'colchoneros' neutralised the centre of the field of the Manchester United and, in accordance with the seen on the field until this moment, the 1-0 in the marker was short. However, the variants of Diego Simeone and of Ralf Rangnick had a decisive impact in the resolution of the party. The venues lost weight in the centre of the field and the 'network devils' attained hilvanar a played with which finished taking out a big result of Wanda Metropolitan in spite of a grey presentation in which Cristiano Ronaldo grieve went in at stake.

The 'Aleti' was a hurricane in the start, presionando in three chambers of field to drown the rival exit. In the minute '7', Joao Félix did a homage to his dorsal with a beautiful goal of head, finishing a centre of Renan Lodi. The Brazilian desbordó to pleasure during all the first time by the side, playing like carrilero in the surprising diagram of the 'Cholo'. The 'rojiblancos' erased to the midfield of the United thanks to the good work of Geoffrey Kondogbia and Héctor Herrera. Marcos Llorente and Šime Vrsaljko did the rest in a first part that the venues dominated from beginning to end.

The visitors, that grieve patearon a pair of times to the arch in 90 minutes, saved of the 2-0 in the minute 43, with a head butt of Vrsaljko that crashed in the horizontal. Neither Fred neither Paul Pogba attained to go in at stake and Rangnick moved the bench in the minute 74. Matić, Wan-Bissaka and Elanga by Pogba, Lindelöf and Shaw. Simeone Answered taking out to the figures of the night, Lodi and Félix by Lemar and Griezmann, that at last returned of his injury. And there it changed the party.

The 'network devils' took the control of the balloon and andn the 'unica played of the party in which Fred could find free to Bruno Fernández, the Portuguese filtered a perfect pass for Anthony Elanga. The assistance was so precise that the Swedish had spare time to outline and decide where plant the balloon. His finish crusader left without opportunity to Jan Oblak and the 1-1 enmudeció to Wanda. Griezmann Had the victory in the 87 with a finish that it finished hitting in the horizontal, but the marker did not move . Hard punishment for the Athletic and enormous reward for the Manchester, considering the formality of the party.

All opened for Old Trafford

The key will define on 15 March in the 'Theatre of the dreams', where the 'rojiblancos' will try to repeat the feat of does two season in Anfield, where finished winning to the Liverpool in the lengthen (3-2). The United, by his part, trusts to do cost the localía and recover the best version of a 'CR7' that, clearly, does not cross his best moment. Before, both teams will have to focus in his respective leagues, where the two clubs struggle for keeping in places of Champions.