Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Manchester United: Confirmed Lineups, Goals and Full-Time Report

Updated October 14, 2026, after full time: Atlético de Madrid defeated Manchester United 2-0 in Matchday 2 of the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League league phase. Pablo Barrios scored in the opening minute at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, and Ademola Lookman added the second in the 79th minute. Atlético’s official match center marks the fixture finished and records both goals; UEFA’s league-phase results page lists the same score.

The match was played Tuesday, October 13, with a scheduled kickoff of 9:00 p.m. in Madrid, Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), or 7:00 p.m. UTC. That date fell during daylight saving time in Madrid. The article below updates the pre-match information with the official lineups and confirmed match events; it does not treat pregame injury projections as current medical reports.

Final score and confirmed match details

UEFA’s fixture and results page confirms the 2-0 outcome in its Matchday 2 listing. Atlético’s official post-match center independently shows a 2-0 score, “Finished,” and the two scorers. The scheduled Madrid time converts to 19:00 UTC on October 13 because Madrid was observing CEST, two hours ahead of UTC. No separate audience market was specified for this article, so the time references here focus on Madrid and UTC.

Official records: UEFA’s Champions League fixtures and results and Atlético’s match center.

How Atlético secured the win

Atlético struck almost immediately. Its match center credits Barrios with a first-minute goal, giving the home side a 1-0 lead before Manchester United had time to settle. The opening score shaped the match state: United had to chase an equalizer, while Atlético could defend its advantage and look for chances to extend it. That sequence is a description of the score and timing, not a claim that the early goal alone explains the result.

United appeared to draw level just before halftime when Johnny Cardoso put the ball in the net. Atlético’s live match updates say the goal was overturned after a VAR review for a handball earlier in the play. Cardoso is an Atlético player, so this was not a Manchester United equalizer. The official match center continued to show a 1-0 Atlético lead at the break. The decision mattered to the scoreline, but the available reports do not establish what would have happened if the goal had stood.

The second half remained 1-0 until the 74th minute, when Leny Yoro was shown a direct red card after a VAR review of his challenge on Jonathan David, according to Atlético’s official match feed. Five minutes later, Lookman scored Atlético’s second. The club’s timeline confirms the dismissal and the 79th-minute goal. The sequence left United with ten players before the closing stages, but the result reflects the whole match rather than a single incident.

Those are the main confirmed events: Barrios’s early opener, Cardoso’s disallowed goal shortly before halftime, Yoro’s sending-off after review, and Lookman’s late finish. Atlético’s feed and UEFA’s result listing confirm the full-time score. This update does not speculate about the referee’s reasoning beyond the club’s published description or assume any disciplinary suspension beyond the match; any further sanction would require an official decision.

Which players were named in the starting lineups?

Atlético published both starting teams before kickoff. Its starting XI was Oblak; Grimaldo, Hancko, Romero, and Llorente; Baena, Cardoso, and Barrios; Giuliano, Kang In, and Julián. The club’s listed substitutes were Musso, Pubill, Le Normand, Dani Martínez, Jorge Domínguez, Hjulmand, Mendoza, Castillo, Lookman, Jonathan David, Sørloth, and Arnau Ortíz.

In the same Atlético announcement, Manchester United’s starting XI was listed as Lammens; Dalot, Lisandro Martínez, Leny Yoro, and Ayden Heaven; Bruno Fernandes, Andrey Santos, and Youri Tielemans; Mbeumo, Carlos Noom, and Marcus Rashford. Atlético listed Darlow, Dermott Mee, de Ligt, Maguire, Mount, Matheus Cunha, Zirkzee, Diallo, Lacey, Fletcher, Amass, and Armer as United substitutes. The name “Carlos Noom” is reproduced as Atlético published it; this report does not infer a correction. These are the published lineups, not predictions.

For clarity, use the official post-match timeline for events and the club’s lineup notice for the team lists. Lineups show who was selected for this fixture, but they do not establish current injury status for later matches. The match result also cannot determine whether a player will be available for the next round.

See Atlético’s starting XI announcement. Its match center includes a timeline of the goals, the VAR overturn and the red card.

What the result means in the league phase

This was Matchday 2, not a knockout match. UEFA’s Matchday 1 results show Atlético lost 2-1 away to Liverpool, while Manchester United beat Sabah 4-0. With the 2-0 result in Madrid, each club has three points from its first two matches: Atlético earned its first win after an opening defeat, and United could not add to its opening victory in this round. These totals follow from the two match results and do not, by themselves, predict either club’s final position.

The 2026/27 competition uses a 36-team league phase. Each club is scheduled to play eight different opponents, with four home matches and four away matches. The top eight teams in the final table advance directly to the round of 16; teams ranked ninth through 24th enter the knockout phase play-offs, and the remaining clubs are eliminated. Matchday 2 contributes to the table, but six more fixtures remain for each side, and other clubs’ results also affect the standings.

UEFA lists Atlético’s next league-phase match away to Stuttgart on Tuesday, October 20, and Manchester United’s next match away to Como on Wednesday, October 21. Those are scheduled fixtures, not confirmed availability updates. Any injury, suspension, or squad change for those games should be checked against a later club or UEFA announcement.

What is confirmed and what is still open?

The full-time score, date, venue, kickoff reference, official starting lineups, Barrios and Lookman goals, Cardoso’s disallowed goal, and Yoro’s red card are supported by the sources linked here. The final result is listed by UEFA and Atlético. Atlético’s club pages provide the team announcement and match timeline; the Guardian’s live coverage also records the score and match events.

The result does not settle qualification, establish a final table position, or tell us whether either club will have the same lineup next time. Nor does this match report make a claim about a suspension beyond the red card shown during the game. Those matters depend on subsequent fixtures and official decisions. For the clearest record, check UEFA’s competition results page alongside the clubs’ later team-news releases.

Updated summary

Atlético de Madrid beat Manchester United 2-0 at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Kickoff was scheduled for 9:00 p.m. Madrid time, CEST (UTC+02:00), equivalent to 19:00 UTC. Barrios scored in the first minute and Lookman added the second in the 79th; Cardoso’s late-first-half goal was ruled out for handball earlier in the move, and Yoro was sent off after a VAR review in the 74th minute. Both sides now have three points after two league-phase games. Their subsequent availability and eventual table positions remain to be determined.