Man United vs atlético Madrid

Manchester United are just a week out from the start of the Premier League season and are currently in action against Atletico Madrid in their penultimate ...

Atletico's best chance of the first-half fell to Angel Correa but he lacked composure, blazing the ball over the bar. Saul almost gave Atletico the lead in the 70th minute but he fired wide, before Felix opened the scoring. But the cross is nipped off the midfielder's head by Gimenez and the ball rolls away for a corner. Oblak is the latest to be handed a yellow card after a collison with McTominay inside the box. For a friendly, the referee is giving out a lot of yellow cards! Correa tries to threat a pass through to Cunha at the end of the attack, but it is too heavy and De Gea comes out to read it well. The Danish international whips in a delightful cross towards the head of Elanga, but the latter is unable to get on the end of his delivery. The Swede takes a touch before firing a low effort towards goal but Oblak is there to make a save. The Brazilian is through on goal if he beats the United centre-back, but Cunha takes the shot early from the edge of the box and it is well blocked by Maguire. The ball makes its way to Pellistri in space, he has time to take a touch but hits it first time and his effort is tame and blocked by Saul. The right-back takes a touch before delivering a cross to the near post towards Fernandes, but Witsel does well to head the ball away. Elanga, who is a candidate for the Player of the Match award, has been taken off and replaced by Pellistri.

United contest a gritty friendly with Atletico just a week before the new Premier League season.

Antony Martial – Had two great chances to score in the opening throes and ran the hard yards. Elanga also drew a yellow from Lemar in first half. Fred – Prevented Kondogbia from influencing the midfield, and combined well on occasions with Rashford. The more defensive of the central midfield pair. His block of Matheus Cunha with a well-timed challenge wsas the pick of the bunch. 6/10 This could well be the XI that starts against Brighton next weekend.

Man United lost 1-0 to Atletico Madrid in their penultimate pre-season friendly before the new Premier League season and here are the player ratings.

Wasted a great chance to score in the final ten minutes and gave away a cheap free-kick. Made an instant impact with his delivery from deep and gave a taste of the quality he can bring to this side. A magician at work. He drew some fouls with his forward runs but didn't have much joy in the final third. Didn't see much of the ball but defended well and coped with the high intensity. Little chance with the goal.

Joao Felix made a decisive impact off the bench, punishing Harry Maguires missed free-header from close-range; Christian Eriksen had an impressive cameo off ...

"In the end it's about the result, and the score was not good. The right of attack is certainly among them. I think the performance from our team was really good. "I like competitiveness, but with respect. That's why you have to keep respect for each other. The 37-year-old forward was training with the rest of the United squad - largely the younger players - who remained behind at Carrington on Saturday and posted a picture from the session on his social media, with the caption: "Working in progress".