Atlético Madrid v Manchester United: Champions League - live

Key events 20m ago Preamble Michael Carrick was not exactly bullish - he never is - but he remains publicly calm under pressure. double quotation markWe hoped for a lot more, we expected a lot more, and we are where we are.

I understand that when it is not going well there is a real clamour and a feeling that it's a disaster, that it's all wrong and that everything needs to be changed. I kind of get that, but that's not our mindset and it's certainly not mine.

You have to deal with things and overcome them. That is what I did throughout my career.

We have to accept reality but we are building and you can't lose sight of the journey. It feels a long time since Manchester United played Sabah on their opening group-stage match.

There will be 3,750 United fans in the stands. They have not had much to cheer this season.

Atlético Madrid captain Koke will not play tonight after his mother died. There will be a moment of silence before the game at the Metropolitano Stadium, and the home team's players will wear black armbands.

Koke's brother, Borja Resurrección, is an assistant coach of Atletico's under-19 squad. The club's flag outside the Metropolitano is flying at half-mast Preamble With Manchester United and Michael Carrick careering towards the dumper, then travelling to face Diego Simeone's Atleti is almost certainly not the fixture that would be handpicked.

Though perhaps it can serve as some kind of turning point. Play as sluggishly as United have in their last two Premier League matches either side of the international break - Fulham and Tottenham - and there's big trouble in store.

Atlético have won their last four matches in La Liga, including a famous win in the Madrid derby. Their last Champions League match did, thouugh, see them lose at Anfield.