Atletico Madrid got almost all that it needed against Manchester United in the Champions League on Wednesday _ with the exception of the success.

Atletico held old adversary Cristiano Ronaldo within proper limits and got a heavenly exhibition from his Portugal partner Joao Felix, however a cautious slip by close to the end implied Diego Simeone’s group needed to agree to a 1-1 attract the principal leg of the round of 16.

Felix _ once promoted as the following Ronaldo _ was the most perilous forward and put the hosts ahead with a plunging header seven minutes into the match, however substitute Anthony Elanga balanced in the 80th soon after falling off the seat in one of a handful of the times the Atletico safeguard broke down.”I think it was my first touch,” said Elanga, who turned into United’s most youthful ever scorer in the knockout stage at 19 years, 302 days. “I’ve longed for minutes like this, scoring in the Champions League against a top group like Atletico Madrid.”

Atletico was in charge during the greater part of the match at the Wanda Metropolitano and two times hit the crossbar, incorporating with a 86th-minute shot by Antoine Griezmann.”I think it was my first touch,” said Elanga, who turned into United’s most youthful ever scorer in the knockout stage at 19 years, 302 days. “I’ve longed for minutes like this, scoring in the Champions League against a top group like Atletico Madrid.”

Atletico was in charge during a large portion of the match at the Wanda Metropolitano and two times hit the crossbar, incorporating with a 86th-minute shot by Antoine Griezmann.With the 37-year-old Ronaldo all around safeguarded and not having the option to associate with his partners, United appeared to be beaten until Elanga broke allowed to find the net from inside the region after a decent through ball from playmaker Bruno Fernandes, the opposition’s helps chief with seven.

Elanga had entered the match five minutes sooner and exploited the uncommon space surrendered by the Atletico safeguard, scoring United’s 500th objective in the opposition recently known as the European Cup.

“We are a piece disheartened, we didn’t merit a draw,” Atletico safeguard Jose Maria Gimenez said. “We did all that we needed to do to win. We protected well and made scoring chances in assault. They scored on a relaxed objective and we didn’t merit that.”