UEFA Champions League, League Stage 2Atletico MadridATM 2 0 Full Time Manchester UnitedMUN Venue Riyadh Air Metropolitano Referee Glenn NybergPablo Barrios Rivas 1Ademola Lookman 79 Manchester Uniteds struggles continued as they were beaten 2-0 by Atletico Madrid in the Champions League and finished the game with 10 men after Leny Yoros red card. Pablo Barrios put the hosts ahead after only 53 seconds at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, before the Red Devils missed a host of chances to get back into the game. But after Yoro was dismissed for the denial of a goalscoring opportunity in the 74th minute, Ademola Lookman then sealed the points for Atleti to condemn the Red Devils to their fourth defeat of the season, while they have won just one of their last seven.Both Atletico and Man Utd are now left on one defeat and one win each in their Champions League campaign. Match Statistics 2 Goals 0 1.5 xG 1.02 58% Possession 42% 9 Total Shots 8 3 Shots on Target 4 5 Shots off Target 3 2 Corners 4 11 Fouls 13 1 Offsides 1 1 Yellow Cards 1 0 Red Cards 1 4 Saves 2 575 Passes 355 506 Passes Completed 296 88% Pass Accuracy 83% Home Away Same old issues for United as Atletico score inside 53 secondsA full minute was not even on the clock when Atletico Madrid took the lead in a disastrous start for the Red Devils, who were torn apart easily by one ball forward before Barrios finished off a lay-off from Alex Baena which trickled in after a touch by Yoro.United looked flustered for the opening 10 minutes but managed to keep the score at just 1-0, before they began to threaten themselves, with Bryan Mbeumo seeing a chance bounce wide before a nice run from Marcus Rashford just lacked the final touch after being found well by Lisandro Martinez over the top.Mbeumo was then found in the left-hand channel and forced a good save from Yan Oblak, before Carlos Baleba making his first United start headed straight at the keeper from the resulting corner. Alex Grimaldo then smashed a wonderful free-kick against the outside corner of the goal as the chaotic nature that has been a feature of Uniteds games this season reared its ugly head again.It looked as though Man Utd were going to go in at half-time 2-0 down after more defensive uncertainty proved their undoing, but the referee spotted a handball before Johnny Cardoso swept the ball into the back of the net so the deficit stayed at one.Yoro sees red as United woes continueUnited continued to probe early in the second half but once again it was the hosts who went the closest, as Julian Alvarez volleyed against the post after a lovely ball from Barrios.Another big chance went begging for United as Bruno Fernandes dinked effort over Oblak just bouncing the wrong side of the post. Up the other end, Lammens had to be on hand to parry away Baenas effort.It was then Uniteds turn to strike the woodwork as Fernandes took a corner short before collecting it again and bending a great effort onto the crossbar.It felt as though Uniteds chance to win the game may have passed them by when Yoro saw red for a clumsy challenge as the last man, a dismissal which was given after a VAR check.And a few minutes later, the game was wrapped up for Atleti, as Lookman tucked in the rebound after Lammens initial save.Champions League table UEFA Champions League 2026 World #TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAGDPtsLast 2 1 Sporting CP22005146 W W 2 Paris Saint Germain11006153 W 3 Bayern Mnchen11005053 D 4 Barcelona11005143 W 5 Manchester United11004043 L 6 Como11004133 W 7 VfB Stuttgart11003123 W 8 Manchester City11002023 W 9 Aston Villa11003213 W 10 Real Betis11003213 W 11 Borussia Dortmund11003213 W 12 Liverpool11002113 W 13 Real Madrid11002113 W 14 Arsenal11001013 W 15 AEK Athens FC11001013 W 16 Lens210134-13 L W 17 Sabah FA210124-23 W L 18 AS Roma10101101 D 19 Shakhtar Donetsk10101101 D 20 PSV Eindhoven10101101 L 21 Fenerbahe10101101 D 22 Villarreal100123-10 W 23 Lille100123-10 L 24 Club Brugge KV100123-10 W 25 Inter100112-10 L 26 Atletico Madrid100112-10 W 27 Napoli100101-10 L 28 Lask Linz100101-10 L 29 Viking100113-20 D 30 Galatasaray100113-20 L 31 FC Porto100102-20 L 32 Slavia Praha200225-30 L L 33 RB Leipzig100114-30 W 34 Feyenoord100115-40 L 35 Slovan Bratislava100116-50 L 36 Bodo/Glimt100105-50 L Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 : Promotion Champions League (Play Offs: 1/8-finals) Position 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 : Promotion Champions League (Play Offs: 1/16-finals) Upcoming fixtures for Atletico Madrid Upcoming Fixtures : Atletico Madrid La Liga Espanyol ESP 13:00 2026-10-17 Atletico Madrid ATM UEFA Champions League VfB Stuttgart STU 20:00 2026-10-20 Atletico Madrid ATM La Liga Atletico Madrid ATM 16:00 2026-10-25 Deportivo La Coruna COR La Liga Levante LEV 16:00 2026-11-01 Atletico Madrid ATM UEFA Champions League Atletico Madrid ATM 20:00 2026-11-03 Bayern Mnchen BAY La Liga Atletico Madrid ATM 16:00 2026-11-08 Barcelona BAR La Liga Getafe GET 16:00 2026-11-22 Atletico Madrid ATM UEFA Champions League Atletico Madrid ATM 20:00 2026-11-25 Viking VIK La Liga Elche ELC 16:00 2026-11-29 Atletico Madrid ATM La Liga Atletico Madrid ATM 16:00 2026-12-06 Real Betis BET Upcoming fixtures for Man Utd Upcoming Fixtures : Manchester United Premier League Leeds LEE 14:00 2026-10-18 Manchester United MUN UEFA Champions League Como COM 17:45 2026-10-21 Manchester United MUN Premier League Manchester United MUN 14:00 2026-10-25 Bournemouth BOU Premier League Chelsea CHE 12:30 2026-10-31 Manchester United MUN UEFA Champions League Manchester United MUN 20:00 2026-11-03 AS Roma ROM Premier League Manchester United MUN 15:00 2026-11-07 Aston Villa AST Premier League Liverpool LIV 15:00 2026-11-21 Manchester United MUN UEFA Champions League Sporting CP SPO 20:00 2026-11-25 Manchester United MUN Premier League Manchester United MUN 15:00 2026-11-28 Brentford BRE Premier League Newcastle NEW 20:00 2026-12-02 Manchester United MUN Topics Atletico Madrid Manchester United F.C. 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