Atletico Madrid vs Manchester United 2-0

Atletico Madrid beat Manchester United 2-0 at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, with Pablo Barrios Rivas opening the scoring inside the first minute and Ademola Lookman adding the second after coming off the bench. Manchester United also had a goal overturned by VAR and then lost Leny Yoro to a red card.

Barrios Rivas put Atletico ahead in the 1st minute from an assist by Alejandro Baena Rodríguez, and that left the hosts 1-0 up at half-time. Atletico then had a goal cancelled by VAR for Johnny Cardoso on 45 minutes, before going in with the lead intact.

Manchester United made three changes on 66 minutes, while Atletico made two on 71, and one of those changes settled the match. Lookman, who came on in the 71st minute, made it 2-0 in the 79th minute, with Atletico holding the advantage after Yoro was sent off on 74 minutes following a VAR check that confirmed the card upgrade. Atletico had 58% of the ball, 575 passes to United's 355 and an xG of 1.5 to 0.95, while the visitors had three corners to Atletico's two and each side put three shots on target. United also had 13 fouls to Atletico's 11 and 42% possession, but could not turn that into a goal.

Diego Pablo Simeone was booked for Atletico on 37 minutes, Marcus Rashford was booked for United on 52, and Robin Le Normand was booked for Atletico in the 88th minute after coming on in the 88th minute.