Manchester United ratings v Atalanta: Cristiano Ronaldo 8, Eric Bailly 8, Paul Pogba 4

Portuguese star comes to the rescue again in Champions League thriller

MANCHESTER UNITED RATINGS: David De Gea 5 - Poor goalkeeping for first goal, a tame effort. Dived to the right and the ball slipped under him. Second goal didn’t reflect too well on him. Getty

Aaron Wan-Bissaka 7 - Open for the opening goal. Pushed forward and set Fernandes up from a tight angle on 65. Pushed right forward and became a key attacker in the second half as United dominated possession. AFP

Eric Bailly 8 - Rare start – only his second of the season - and he needed to perform. Positioning imperfect, but rapidly got across to superbly block an Atalanta effort after 32. Made another block a minute later. Used his pace to get back and stop an Atalanta attack on 64. United’s best defender in a back three and then back four. AP

Raphael Varane 6 - Blocked a tenth minute Atalanta shot and looked comfortable. Came off injured after feeling his hamstring after 38 minutes. A shame. It’s the Manchester derby this Saturday, too. Getty

Harry Maguire 5 - Atalanta consistently tried to attack him. Couldn’t make contact with the ball for Zapata’s goal which put Atalanta 2-1 up. He’s still struggling and it didn’t get easier for him as Atalanta and Muriel pressed and pressed and had more energy than United. EPA

Luke Shaw 6 - Closest player to the first goal. Hit a deep cross to Maguire on 18. Kept the energy up until the end. EPA

Bruno Fernandes 6 - Set the equaliser up with an intelligent run and exquisite backheel. Man marked. Always tried to create. Reuters

Scott McTominay 5 - Deflected effort hit the post after five, then totally against Atalanta’s intense pressing. Booked and fortunate not to get booked again after catching Freuler. His apology worked. Getty

Paul Pogba 4 - Big game for him, but his decision making let him down. It wasn’t his tracking, but he lost possession after 32 by trying to beat two men close to his own area. Then sloppily lost possession again two minutes later. And again on 40. Suspension means there are no more games for him until Villarreal away. At least. EPA

Marcus Rashford 6 - Limited impact in the first half but he had a shot from 25 yards which was blocked in the first half. AP

Cristiano Ronaldo 8 - Determined start. Headed just wide after 19 but then finished a brilliantly worked move to equalise after 45, his 138th Champions League goal. Then he got an equaliser largely through his own drive after 91 minutes, a magnificently taken volley from 25 yards. Five Champions League goals so far in four games. The main man. Again. AP

SUBS: Mason Greenwood 7 - On for Varane. Hit the post on 48, but the offside flag was up. Involved in both goals and set the equaliser up. AP

Edinson Cavani 6 - On for Rashford after 69. Worked hard as ever but gave the ball away to set up an Atalanta attack on 79. Getty

Nemanja Matic 6 - On for Pogba after 69. Steadier than Pogba. Reuters

Jadon Sancho N/A - On for McTominay after 86. His manager wanted more width on the side to get crosses in. Sharp when he came on. Getty

Donny Van de Beek N/A - On for Fernandes after 86. At least he got off the bench for his first appearance in eight matches. Provided run for last goal in a decent cameo. Did well to make a decent shot on target after 92 which drew a good save from Musso. Getty

Cristiano Ronaldo kept Manchester United top of their Champions League group as his stoppage-time equaliser secured a dramatic 2-2 draw against Atalanta.

Josip Ilicic and Duvan Zapata twice gave the Italians the lead with efforts that United goalkeeper David De Gea might have done better with.

But Ronaldo, having wrapped up comeback wins against Villarreal and Atalanta at Old Trafford, finished Bruno Fernandes’ clever backheel before half-time and then restored parity again with a sensational strike.

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