MADRID -- Anthony Elanga is quickly becoming indispensable to Manchester United, and at just 19 years old, he may have kept his club's Champions League ambitions alive with a crucial equaliser to earn a 1-1 round-of-16 first-leg draw against Atletico Madrid at the Estadio Metropolitano.
Prior to Elanga's goal, United had been abject against Diego Simeone's team, failing to register a shot on target and being out-run and outfought by their determined opponents, who started without five key players due to injury, suspension or lack of match fitness.