From dead last to first in the group in the space of an hour. A wild roller coaster ride for Manchester United and their fans, who went from anger to joy as they saw their team losing 2-0 at Old Trafford after only 29 minutes, but then witnessed their favorite players scoring a winner in the 81st minute. Another nerve wrecking game, another bunch of defensive errors for the Red Devils, but this time, they managed to use their chances and secure a very important win: Manchester United – Atlanta 3-2.3 – Cristiano Ronaldo has scored in three consecutive Champions League games for Manchester United for the second time, previously doing so in November 2007 en route to winning the trophy with the Red Devils. Inevitable. pic.twitter.com/eEYYnJpGV0— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 20, 2021 There were talks and there will be talks about Ronaldo’s defensive efforts and selfishness, but in the end, he saved his team again with a decisive goal and eased Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s position on the bench, ahead of huge derby game with Liverpool. Brave Atalanta played excellent, scored two quick goals, had a number of injuries before the game and did all they could to at least a point, but it was not meant to be. This is their first defeat in the Champions League this season and only second in their last 7 away games in this competition.Manchester was just warming up when the guests took the lead. Former Chelsea player Zappacosta went down the right side and delivered a great ball to the goal area where Pasalic easily scored for 0-1 and a quiet Old Trafford. Manchester replied with a great chance from Fred, who had a great shot in the 20th minute, but Atalanta keeper Musso kept his cool and saved the goal.And then Atalanta’s hero, defender Demiral, scored another goal. He was complaining about an injury minutes earlier, but stayed on the pitch, and after Koopmeiners’ corner rose above everybody else, Maguire included, and scored an effective header in the 29th minute for 2-0. Manchester continued to attack and created really good chances, but Rashford missed two and Fred another one before the break.Demiral goal for Atalanta against Manchester United pic.twitter.com/poBF02zcJc— Live News For All (@LiveNewsForAll_) October 20, 2021 Rashford’s Goal🔥🔥#MUNATA #MUFC pic.twitter.com/EyV4NLh8TP— Ghettaux (@__iannoh) October 20, 2021 Atalanta coach Gasperini had to change Demiral with the only remaining defender on the bench, young Lovato. Red Devils started aggressively from the start and after a huge Ronaldo miss, and finally, Rashford used one of his many chances. Atalanta lost the ball in their own half, Fernandes got a hold on it, and almost without looking sent a beautiful pass into space, and the England international aimed at the far corner for 2-1. On the wings of that goal, Manchester continued to press and it looked like it will be 2-2 any minute now, especially after McTominay and Ronaldo’s chances, but it didn’t. Atalanta had two huge chances in the space of seconds, but De Hea managed to save shots from both Zapata and Malinovsky. And finally, in the 75th minute, after a mistake from Atalanta’s defense in the penalty area, Maguire redeemed himself for the second Atalanta goal and scored an equalizer. But, United still needed a win and Cristiano Ronaldo (who else!) made sure that his team gets all three necessary points in the Champions League. This win will be a huge boost ahead of Sunday’s derby with undefeated Liverpool.Maguire GOAL vs Atalanta [2-2] pic.twitter.com/mTlty03xqU— United Focus🔰 (@utdfocusid) October 20, 2021 #MUNATT ~ #UCL Man Utd 3 × 2 Atalanta | FULL GOAL Ronaldo.😍😍 HD pic.twitter.com/3KtlwGrZND— Footy Gen (@footygen) October 20, 2021 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – GROUP STAGE – MATCHDAY 3WednesdayBarcelona – Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 (1-0)/Pique 36/Salzburg – Wolfsburg 3-1/Adeyemi 3, Okafor 65,77 – Nmecha 15/Benfica – Bayern 0-4 (0-0)/Sane 70, 84, Lewandowski 82, Everton 80(og)/Man.Utd. – Atalanta 3-2 (0-2)/Rashford 53, Maguire 75, Ronaldo 81 – Pasalic 15, Demiral 28/Young Boys – Villareal 1-4 (0-2)/Elia 77 – Pino 6, Moreno 16, 88, Chukwueze 90+2/Lille – Sevilla 0-0Chelsea – Malmo 4-0 (2-0)/Christensen 9, Jorginho 21 (p), 57 (p), Havertz 48/Zenit – Juventus 0-1 (0-0)/Kulusevski 86/
