After Manchester United were knocked out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid, a “devastated” David de Gea was compelled to concede that his team was “not good enough.”
Renan Lodi’s 42nd-minute header was the difference at Old Trafford, as the Red Devils were left to rue a glut of squandered chances and a breakdown of concentration at the back. United created numerous chances, the finest of which fell to Anthony Elanga and Raphael Varane, but Jan Oblak’s heroics ensured Atletico’s comfortable passage to the quarter-finals.
The 20-time English champions will go at least five years without a trophy as a result of Tuesday’s defeat, with goalkeeper David De Gea telling BT Sport after the game: “Of course it’s not good enough.” It’s difficult on the club, us, and the fans. It’s quite difficult. We are now in this situation. It’s a challenging scenario.
We must continue to fight. I’m very depressed. But we weren’t up to the task.”
“We are really dissatisfied with the result,” the goalkeeper, who used to play for Atletico Madrid, continued. It’s impossible to put into words how we’re currently feeling. We didn’t perform well enough in both games to win.
For us, today has been a really disappointing day. They are a talented group.
We struggled to create chances since they scored a goal and are a difficult team. We’re disappointed since we’ve been eliminated from one of the most major competitions. They gathered the entire team in front of Jan Oblak as soon as they scored the goal. They are an extremely defensive club, and scoring against them is difficult. We gave it our all, but it wasn’t enough.”
However, Atletico’s goal came after Anthony Elanga was bundled down just 34 seconds before the ball struck the back of the net, causing controversy. De Gea, on the other hand, refused to comment on the decision, which enraged his teammates.
When questioned why a foul on Elanga was not called, the 31-year-old said, “I don’t want to speak about the referee.” “Everyone who is watching can see it, and there is nothing we can do about it. It was insufficient.” The Red Devils are now fighting for fourth place in the Premier League, but ex-United defender Rio Ferdinand believes the club’s season is done.
What exactly are you trying to accomplish? If Arsenal wins their games in hand, they will be in trouble “Ferdinand sighed. “Tonight was a re-enactment of the season thus far. United had some bright moments in the game, but it was far too often a Jekyll and Hyde display.
“You have to give credit to the Atletico Madrid team. They demonstrated that they have a management who dispatched a crew to complete a task. They were so cunning, slowing down the game when necessary and duping the referee into making choices. They operated as a team so successfully. Everything revolves around working together as a team. Joao Felix was fantastic.”