News - Manchester United vs. Atletico Madrid result: Joao Felix hands Erik ten Hag first loss as Man Utd boss

Manchester United provided a glimpse at the potential starting lineup for next week's Premier League opener during a 1-0 friendly loss against Spanish side Atletico Madrid in a match played in Norway. 

Man United have one final preseason test scheduled for Sunday at Old Trafford before the start of the competitive league schedule against Brighton a week later, also at Old Trafford. Another Spanish side, Rayo Vallecano, will be the opponent to close out preseason on July 31, and Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to see his first minutes in that match.

A late goal three minutes from time by Atletico's Joao Felix decided the contest in Oslo, though it was a harsh result for a positive United side that created a handful of looks. Man United 'keeper David De Gea, who had a quiet afternoon, couldn't stop the Felix blast, screened by his teammate who was covering on the play.

New United signing Lisandro Martinez did not see any minutes, but Christian Eriksen came off the bench to make his Manchester United debut after playing in a closed-door scrimmage against Wrexham earlier in the week. His quality was immediately evident as he helped create two chances in a matter of minutes after coming on. Jadon Sancho sat out the match after falling ill overnight.

Man United applied themselves throughout the match, working especially hard to win the ball back, and they didn't back down from Atletico Madrid's physical play. Marcus Rashford and Anthony Elanga had attempts on goal, Harry Maguire was dangerous on a couple of corner kicks, and Facundo Pellistri even had a late look at goal that was blocked. The one negative for United was the straight red card shown to Fred for a stomp on Alvaro Morata in the final minute leading to the potential for a suspension against Brighton. The Brazilian midfielder otherwise had an excellent showing.

Ten Hag pushed his players for more minutes in this match and he made just four subs, with the first ones only coming on at the 70th minute mark. Atletico introduced 10 fresh players at the 60th-minute mark and that group included the matchwinner Felix (complete lineups below).

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