Atletico Madrid 2 Man Utd 0: Michael Carrick left clinging to job with 10-man Red Devils now FIVE games without a win

ATLETICO MADRID unfurled a banner pre-match that said “defend what we love”. Manchester United struggled to defend. This was not a disgraceful effort from United and perhaps not as bad as their 3,750 supporters in the upper tier of the Wanda Metropolitano had braced themselves for, particularly as United were level for all of 50 seconds. United had their chances and hit the woodwork. They were also reduced to ten men for the final 15 minutes after VAR deemed that Leny Yoro had upended Jonathan David for a deliberate denial of a goalscoring opportunity.