New Setback for Red Devils: Atletico 2-0 United | Has Time Come for Crick's Sacking?

Atletico Madrid defeated Manchester United 2-0 in one of the most important matches of tonight's UEFA Champions League.

According to "Verzeh Se", a controversial match in the European Champions League ended with the victory of Atlético Madrid. Diego Simeone's men managed to beat 10-man Manchester United 2-0 to earn their first points in the league stage of this competition and extend their unbeaten record against this team to five consecutive matches.

The pressure on Manchester United manager Michael Carrick is increasing day by day and if his final message to his players before the match was to maintain defensive strength in the opening minutes, they failed in the worst possible way. Only 53 seconds had passed since the start of the match when United's defense was broken by a deep pass. The ball reached Alex Baena and he kept his composure and sent the ball back for Pablo Barrios to score the first goal despite Aiden Haven's effort on the goal line.

After enduring more pressure from the hosts, Manchester United almost equalized against the flow of the game. Brian Mbomo broke away from the defenders with a technical move in the penalty area, but his shot went wide of the goal after hitting Jan Oblak.

In the middle of the first half, the same two players faced each other again. After a one-two with Yuri Tillmans, Mbomo drove in from the left and fired a shot towards the goal, but Oblak made the save. The goalkeeper of Atlético continued to prevent Carlos Balba from scoring in his first game in the first team of Manchester United with another reaction on the corner resulting from this scene.

A few moments later, Alex Grimaldo threatened United with a cut free kick; His shot hit the post and was blocked. Manchester United's greatest luck in the first half also happened on the eve of the final whistle, when Johnny Cardoso's goal was disallowed after the referee reviewed the scene, due to the ball hitting Marcos Llorente's hand during the formation of the attack.

Atlético Madrid's approach did not change after the start of the second half, and this team was on the verge of scoring the second goal. Less than 10 minutes into the second half, Pablo Barrios sent the ball over the top of United's defense with a spectacular pass, and ex-Manchester City player Julin Alvarez volleyed the ball into the post.

Almost immediately, a similar situation arose on the other side of the field for Manchester United. During a counterattack, Tillmans sent the ball behind Atlético's defense line, and due to Oblak leaving the goal, Bruno Fernandez tried to open the goal with a chip shot, but the ball went off the side of the goal post with a small difference, leaving United's regrets.

Fernandez gradually made a greater impact during the game and 20 minutes before the end of the match, he hit the crossbar with a shot and a cut pass. But Manchester United's hopes of getting back into the game were dashed moments later. Lenny Euro was sent off after a collision with Jonathan David in what appeared to be a rather harsh decision and after the scene was reviewed, he was sent off for preventing an obvious goal scoring opportunity for the opposition.

Five minutes later, things got worse for the Red Devils. David's first shot was saved by Lamans, but the ball went to Ademola Lookman and he easily opened the empty net to make the difference two goals.

From that moment on, Crick knew there was no chance of changing the outcome. His decision to drop Bruno Fernandes also showed he has an eye on this weekend's clash with arch-rivals Leeds United, where Manchester United will be looking for their first away win in the league this season.

In the end, it was a relatively easy night for Atletico Madrid. With this victory, Simeone's students have won 10 of their last 12 matches in the group stage of the European Champions.