Incredible: Ronaldo saves Manchester United again against Atalanta Bergamo

CR7 strikes again! As in the first leg, Atalanta Bergamo believed in victory against Manchester United in Matchday 4 of the Champions League on Tuesday, but finally had to settle for a draw after the equalizer on the line. Cristiano Ronaldo (2-2). The inevitable Portuguese offered a double (45th and 90th + 2) and responded to Josip Ilicic (12th) and Duvan Zapata (56th). Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s players remain at the top of Pool F with 7 points like Villarreal who beat Young Boys (2-0). Atalanta is 3rd with 5 points.

If they positioned themselves in a new system with a three-way defense to model themselves on their opponents, the Mancuniens had however come to Bergamo with real offensive intentions. Thanks to their ability to project, they quickly attacked on the left with the Luke Shaw piston which allowed Scott McTominay to try his luck at the entrance of the truth zone and to see the ball, deflected by José Luis Palomino, finish on the right post of Juan Musso (5th).

Quickly recovered from this fear, Atalanta switched on the contact and set up his collective game licked. The stirring and hard-hitting Zapata went to the left before ideally serving in withdrawal Ilicic whose grazing axial recovery surprised David De Gea (1-0, 12th). The Slovenian has unlocked his goal counter in C1 this season and put his team on the right track in the middle of a hot atmosphere. In an open meeting, the attacking duo of the Dea regularly failed an opposing rearguard lacking benchmarks.

Varane on the flank, irreproachable Bailly

In an intense start to the second half, the visitors’ defense again showed its shortcomings with a poor alignment by Harry Maguire which covered Zapata, launched on the left before going to beat De Gea closely (2-1, 56th) . The excellent Colombian also signed his first European achievement of the season and saw the vigilant Bailly prevent him from slamming a second a few minutes later by intercepting the ball at the penalty spot (61st).

Withdrawn in defense during the last quarter of an hour to protect their advantage against the threatening Red Devils, the men of Gian Piero Gasperini have poorly concluded opportunities for blocks (80th, 81st and 85th). They thus remained at the mercy of the partners of the incredible CR7 which made the nets tremble with a perfectly crossed volley at the entrance to the opposing surface (2-2, 90th + 2). Scorer during the first four days of this group stage, the former Juventus is already at 5 goals and brings his total in the competition to 139 units. The legend continues.