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Lee Kang-in starts as Atletico beat ten-man Man Utd 2-0
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📰 With Lee Kang-in starting, Atletico beat Man Utd 2-0 for their first Champions League win.
📌 Key points
⚡ Pablo Barrios scored inside the first minute.
🇰🇷 Lee Kang-in started in a front two and came off in the second half.
🟥 Leny Yoro was sent off on 74 minutes after a VAR review.
🎯 Ademola Lookman sealed it from a rebound on 79 minutes.
📉 United are now winless in five games.
📝 What happened
⚡ The Metropolitano had barely settled when Barrios struck, finishing low after Álex Baena slipped the ball into the box; Ayden Heaven could not keep it out.
🇰🇷 Lee wore No. 7 and started up front in Atletico's 4-4-2 before being replaced by Jonathan David in the second half.
🟥 Johnny Cardoso had a goal ruled out by VAR late in the first half, and both Alejandro Grimaldo's free kick and Julián Álvarez's close-range effort hit the post. Diego Simeone was booked for protesting. Yoro's red card on 74 minutes, after a VAR check, tipped the balance for good.
🎯 On 79 minutes Senne Lammens saved from substitute David, but Lookman followed up. Jan Oblak denied Matheus Cunha in stoppage time.
📊 By the numbers
• Possession: Atletico 58%, United 42%
• xG: 1.42 v 0.98
• Woodwork: Atletico hit the post twice (Grimaldo, Álvarez)
• United: five games without a win
🔭 Why it matters
After losing 2-1 at Liverpool on matchday one, Atletico are off the mark, and Lee's start up front in a big game against United showed Simeone's trust in him.
United, who opened with a 4-0 win over Sabah, are sliding again and lost Yoro to a red card. Michael Carrick's position will come under more scrutiny if they fail to respond at Leeds on 18 October.
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