Manchester United tied with Atalanta. The draw match landed Manchester United at the top of the group table with 7 points. Atalanta is close behind with 5 points.
Christiano Ronaldo is awarded the player of the match for scoring 2 goals in crucial moments. Although his first shot was in vain, Ronaldo scored to equalise the score in the first half. Josip Ilicic scored the first goal of the match in 12 minutes. Duvan Zapata assisted. Christiano Ronaldo equalised the score in 46 minutes with an assist from Bruno Fernandes. The first half ended in a tie. Manchester United 1-1 Atalanta.
The second half started and Atalanta took the lead in 56 minutes. Duvan Zapata scored for Atalanta. José Luis Palomino gave the assist. Once more, Christiano Ronaldo equalised the score at 91 minutes. Mason Greenwood was the assist. Although Manchester United tried for a goal before, they were unsuccessful. Same was the case with Atalanta. They were unsuccessful in keeping a hold of their lead.
Manchester United were able to tie up the score, but they failed to get a win out of the match. However, Manchester United is at the top of their group with 7 points from 4 games of which they won 2, lost 1 and 1 ended in a draw.
It was an interesting game. Duvan Zapata was also very much likely to get the player of the match. Christiano Ronaldo received the honour for his two goals in crucial moments and several other shots at the post.
The game was somewhat in an attack mode, with an occasional yellow card. The efforts of both goalkeepers were also commendable. Both goalkeepers did an excellent job preventing the other team from taking a lead. Same goes for the defenders.
Manchester United tied with Atalanta to land at the top of the group table in Champions League.
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