Cristiano Ronaldo in good shape to torment old foes Atletico Madrid in Champions League

Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick says Portuguese star can repeat Tottenham heroics against Spaniards in last-16 second leg

ATLETICO MADRID RATINGS: Jan Oblak 5 - Didn’t have much to do and looked comfortable for the most part, but came up short when his side needed him most, getting his angles and body position all wrong for the goal. AFP

Jose Maria Gimenez 7 - Looked certain to score in the third minute, but a superb block by Lindelof denied him. Defended well and wasn’t greatly troubled by United. AFP

Stefan Savic 7 - The tattooed Montenegrin defended well and timed his challenges carefully in and around the box. Relished the battle and won most of his individual duels. AFP

Reinildo Mandava 6 - Worked well with Lodi down Atletico’s left, but was at fault for the goal when he gambled and slid in attempting to intercept Bruno Fernandes’s through ball. Getty Images

Sime Vrsaljko 6 - Caught out of position on a cross ball early in the second half, but got away with it. Good energy up and down the right. AFP

Renan Lodi 8 - Incredible left-footed delivery for the goal. The energetic Brazilian always looked to bomb forward and delivered dangerous crosses that asked questions of the Manchester United’s back line. AFP

Geoffrey Kondogbia 9 - A colossus in the middle of the park for Atleti. Won almost every second ball, broke up play and dominated the midfield battle with his energy and athleticism. Ran the show in the first half. AFP

Hector Herrera 8 - The robust Mexican used his body well to protect the ball and control the tempo for Atleti. Almost flawless in possession. Was a perfect foil for his midfield partner Kondogbia. AFP

Marcos Llorente 7 - The Spain international had some clever touches and linked well with the front two. Excellent work rate out of possession. AFP

Joao Felix 7 - Scored Atletico’s goal after seven minutes with a well-timed run across the face of Harry Maguire to score with a diving header in off David de Gea’s near post. Didn’t stop all night, showed lovely feet and close control in tight areas. Getty Images

Angel Correa 7 - Cleverly won free kicks in good areas and was a constant menace for Manchester United’s defenders with his energy and movement. Getty Images

SUB: Antoine Griezmann 7 (Felix, 75’) - Almost won it for the home side with a curling snapshot that hit the United bar with three minutes to go. Getty Images

SUB: Thomas Lemar 6 (Lodi, 75’) - Looked lively in the attacking third. AFP

MAN UNITED RATINGS: David de Gea 6 - Edgy start against his former club as Joao Felix superbly headed past him after seven minutes. It started with his poor clearance. Lucky it wasn’t two when Llorente’s header hit the bar. AP Photo

Luke Shaw 5 - Poor game. Booked and deservedly so. Off in the first batch of substitutions before he got a second yellow. EPA

Harry Maguire 4 - Felix got ahead of him to put Atleti ahead with a beautiful header. Blocked a cross six minutes later. Good at Leeds, bad in Madrid. AFP

Raphael Varane 5- Back in the city where he made his name across town, Varane suffered a clumsy moment after 30 minutes, conceding possession and then a free-kick. More Trabant than Rolls Royce in the first half, he improved in the second. Getty Images

Victor Lindelof 6 - Unusual in that the Swede played at right-back. Strong block to prevent a shot on goal after two minutes but wasn’t close to the excellent Lodi when he crossed for the opener. AFP

Paul Pogba 4 - Carelessly robbed of possession in the first half where the Spaniards were well on top. A big platform for him to show his level in a country where he long wanted to play, he was outclassed by Spain’s fifth best-placed side missing five of their best players. Fuming when he came off. AFP

Fred 5 - United’s midfield was outplayed in the first half, yet still had more possession … and could do little with it. Fouled – to Atleti fury – late on. By that time he was playing in a deeper role. AP Photo

Bruno Fernandes 6 - Robbed of possession three times early on. Pinged United’s first shot towards goal on 14 minutes. Lost his temper, moaned and moaned and was abused by the crowd for being Portuguese. Set up Elanga for the goal, though. AP Photo

Jadon Sancho 6 - Got back to intercept an Atleti attack but one of United’s best players in the last month didn’t have a great night. He worked hard, but that wasn’t enough. EPA

Marcus Rashford 4 - Barely involved. Lost possession as a United attack broke down after 64 minutes. Booked for it. A nothing game. AFP

Cristiano Ronaldo 4 - Little service and this little involvement in first half-hour, then shot wide. Moaned and asked for yellow cards to be given. Struck a 78th minute free-kick well over, to the loudest jeers of the night. EPA

SUB: Aaron Wan-Bissaka 7 (Lindelof, 66’). One of two full-backs brought on by Ralf Rangnick and he did set one chance up. AFP

SUB: Alex Telles 6 (Shaw, 66’). Clattered after 10 minutes. Booked on 83. Superb cross on 90. AFP

SUB: Nemanja Matic 7 (Pogba, 66’). Steady, steady, steady, which is exactly what was asked of him. AFP

SUB: Anthony Elanga 8 (Rashford, 75’). “Rhythm is a dancer Anthony Elanga, You won’t stop him if you dare. Came from Scandinavia, to be United’s savior, scoring goals from everywhere. Woah it’s Elanga.” Reuters

SUB: Jesse Lingard (Sancho, 82’). N/A. AFP

Ralf Rangnick believes Cristiano Ronaldo will be in the shape to repeat his heroics against Tottenham when he faces an old enemy in Atletico Madrid on Tuesday.

The Portuguese scored a hat-trick against Spurs on Saturday in his first game back after missing the Manchester derby with a hip flexor injury.

At 37, Ronaldo faces a second high-pressure game in four days as United, who drew 1-1 at the Wanda Metropolitano last month, look to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for only the second time in eight years.

The veteran has had a heavy workload, playing the most minutes of any United outfield player in the Champions League, the third most in the Premier League and making 36 appearances for clubs and country.

But Rangnick said: "I'm not worried that he's not been able to recover. He has always been a person that looks after himself and his body. He knows what to do. If he can score another three goals, we will see. It's not easy to score three goals against this team. His overall performance [against Tottenham] was good, if not very good, and this is what we hope to see from him again."

Ronaldo scored 25 times against Atletico in Madrid derbies, including one in the 2014 Champions League final and the conclusive penalty in the 2016 final shoot-out, but was ineffectual in the first leg. Anthony Elanga got a late equaliser for United but Rangnick admitted his side need to perform better against Diego Simeone’s side.

"It's not just about Cristiano, it's about the whole team, we saw in the first half in Madrid, what we shouldn't do, how we shouldn't play and this was a big topic for us,” he said. “We have to know what it takes and tactically takes and the rest is about energy."

Rangnick believes the defensive excellence of Atletico makes it still more significant to score first. "It's very important,” he explained. “Even more so against a team like Atletico, who don't mind the other team having the ball. In their last four or five games, they had less than 50 per cent [of] possession. We are aware of that, we want to try not to concede at all if possible, but it will be important to score the first goal ourselves.”

Manchester United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 2 – player ratings

MANCHESTER UNITED RATINGS: David de Gea 6 Dived the right way for Kane’s penalty, but it was a perfect penalty. Wasn’t expecting Maguire to put the ball past him for Spurs’ second. EPA

Diogo Dalot 6 Headed a 26th minute Dier header off the line. Bad challenge on Reguilon on 73, for which he held his hands up. Reuters

Harry Maguire 5 Performed better than last week and involved in an open, thrilling, game. Then he scored an own goal and had Romero screaming in his face in celebration for his troubles. Lad needs a break. EPA

Raphael Varane 7 Started the build up for the opening goal. United’s defence is better with the Frenchman in it. And three important points against a direct rival lifted the move ahead of Tuesday’s key Champions League game against Atletico. Getty

Alex Telles 7 High cross for Ronaldo after 21. Handled the ball to concede Kane’s penalty. Costly error. Hits a decent free-kick/cross and his corner set up Ronaldo for the winner. Getty

Nemanja Matic 7 Lost possession to Hojberg, who shot after 17. Read the line right when Spurs did put the ball in the next a minute after. Superb block to stop a dangerous attack on 29. His looping ball to Sancho would lead to United’s second. EPA

Fred 8 Flicked the ball to set up Ronaldo’s opener, then blocked a Son strike five minutes later before immediately setting up Pogba to shoot. Another key tackle on 41. Good first half. Booked. Fine counter attack at 2-2, fine game. Reuters

Paul Pogba 6 Shot wide as United surged forward again after 16 minutes. Lost the ball and gave a free kick to Spurs soon after. Played centrally in an area where Spurs had more possession…and helped them in their cause more than he’d have liked but while ponderous, could also play a pass to split their defence. Booked. Getty

Marcus Rashford 5 First start in a month, but he had a quiet first half. More involved in the second and hit a cross towards Pogba, but no real threat. First player to come off. Getty

Jadon Sancho 7 Beaten by Kulusevski in the run up to Spurs penalty. Stayed onside to set up Ronaldo for United’s second. Cut inside to shoot on 43. Busy. Lost the ball to set up a Spurs attack on 61. Beaten down the right too many times, but still doing well. Getty

Cristiano Ronaldo 10 Scooped a sixth minute shot over. Then hit a magnificent curling shot past Lloris on 12. Met a Sancho cross to score United’s second on 38. Strike on target from distance on 66, then headed – magnificently – the winner on 82. Old Trafford came alive in song. 807 career goals to become football’s top goalscorer. Of all time. Getty

SUBS: Anthony Elanga On for Rashford on 67. More valuable minutes. EPA

Edinson Cavani On to a roar for Matic after 79. A brave move, but one which quickly paid off as United retook the lead. Getty

Victor Lindelof 5 As Old Trafford roared ‘Viva Ronaldo’, the Swede replaced him on 83 minutes. AP

TOTTENHAM RATINGS: Hugo Lloris – 7 The Frenchman had no chance of keeping out Ronaldo’s terrific strike from outside the box in the opening minutes, but he was twice forced to push away the Portuguese striker’s effort for a hat-trick in the second half. Didn’t have much luck with any of the goals. EPA

Cristian Romero – 5 The Atalanta loanee would have been flagged for offside if he had found Reguilon’s cross, but he’d distracted Maguire just enough to force the United man to convert into his own net for Spurs’ equaliser. Lost his man as Ronaldo climbed highest to claim his hat-trick. Getty

Eric Dier – 6 The centre-back was in the centre of a handball claim in the opening minutes, which VAR denied, but he gave Ronaldo too much space and backed off just after. He nearly got his team level before the half-hour mark, forcing a goal-line clearance from Dalot. Booked. Getty

Ben Davies – 6 The Welshman might have thought he’d scored his first goal of the season when he linked up with Reguilon and Son on the left flank, only to see the linesman raise his flag for offside. AP

Matt Doherty – 6 The former Wolves man was caught ball watching and left Sancho to sprint free to play in Ronaldo before United’s second, before he misjudged Ronaldo for his hat-trick goal. Getty

Rodrigo Bentancur – 6 The former Juventus man looks to be Conte’s first choice in a pairing with Hojbjerg in the centre of midfield. He managed some neat passes, though couldn’t dominate. Saw a first-half shot blocked by Maguire. PA

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – 7 The Denmark international was busy in midfield, finding several excellent passes and did well to win the ball from Matic in response to United finding their opener, though his resulting shot was weak and straight at De Gea. EPA

Sergio Reguilon – 6 The Spaniard was the only change for Antonio Conte with Ryan Sessegnon sidelined. He appealed for offside in the build-up to Ronaldo’s second, only to find out he was the player keeping Sancho onside. He was later played in by Son, with his resulting cross seeing Maguire find the back of his own net. Booked for a high foot. Reuters

Dejan Kulusevski – 7 The Juventus loanee collected Dier’s blocked free-kick before swiftly bypassing Sancho on the wing and winning a penalty when his cross hit Alex Telles’ arm. Continues to be an excellent addition. EPA

Heung-Min Son – 5 After trying to make something happen for much of the first half to no avail, the Korean had the perfect opportunity to put his side level, but he was unable to adjust and saw his effort go narrowly wide of the post. EPA

Harry Kane – 6 The English forward netted his sixth in five games when he stepped up to the spot and had enough power to squeeze past De Gea, who had guessed the right way. EPA

SUBS: Lucas Moura (Kulusevski 78’) – N/R Attempted a few dribbles but did very little to make an impact. EPA

Harry Winks (Bentancur 88’) – N/R The late substitute lofted a lovely ball into the box for Reguilon in the closing stages. EPA

Steven Bergwijn (Davies 88’) – N/R A late change for Spurs as Conte pushed for a third equalising goal to no avail. Getty

Ronaldo is not the only Real Madrid old boy looking to frustrate Atletico but Rangnick suggested Raphael Varane faces a battle for his place. “With Victor Lindelof we have also won quite a few games and played well and had quite a few clean sheets,” he said. “We have top players in the centre of defence and it will not be so easy for me to take that decision.”

Rangnick could have a fully-fit squad to pick from with Luke Shaw probably available after missing the last two games because of Covid and Bruno Fernandes, who sat out the win over Tottenham, testing negative on Sunday and back in contention.

Atletico will be without the suspended Yannick Carrasco and the injured Thomas Lemar and Sime Vrsaljko. Simeone faces a decision on whether to start with Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann, who were both substitutes in the first leg.

With United fifth in the Premier League and Atletico fourth in La Liga, neither is guaranteed to be in the Champions League next season. Rangnick nevertheless has other incentives to win tonight.

“It's more about our own sporting ambition,” he said. “We are highly ambitious, we want to proceed, we want to show that we can compete with the best teams in Europe and therefore we will try everything to win the game. It doesn't matter which way we qualify for Champions League next season. The question is what is most realistic.”