Atletico Madrid let a lead slip in the primary leg of their Champions League last 16 bind with Manchester United on Wednesday evening, with the Premier League side completion the night lucky to leave with a 1-1 draw at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano.
Notwithstanding the failure to allow their benefit to move away from them, Atletico finished the late evening keeping a noteworthy unbeaten disagreement Champions League knockout games at home in Madrid under Diego Simeone, winning nine and drawing five of the 14 they've played.
Los Colchoneros' failure will to a great extent come from the way that they were amazing on the evening, and they went close almost immediately as they hoped to press United back and constrained corners in the initial minutes.
With only seven minutes on the clock, Atleti drove through Joao Felix. Renan Lodi won the ball out wide and conveyed an incredible ball. The Portuguese got before Harry Maguire to head in off the upstanding, sending the ball crushing over the line.
They continued to come however and United were lucky not to fall further behind as chances went asking. The greatest tumbled to Sime Vrsaljko, who took off the crossbar right on the stroke of half time after another fine Lodi ball.
Anthony Elanga evened out from no place with what was one of his absolute initially bits of the ball, opening home unhesitatingly when put through by Bruno Fernandes with 10 minutes to play.
With the 90th moment drawing closer, Antoine Griezmann went inside creeps of a victor. His twisting exertion beat David De Gea however returned bobbing off the crossbar.
Atleti travel to Manchester for the second leg on March 15.
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