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Man Utd clinical in rainy Madrid to take command of knockout play-off Elisabeth Terland fires home inside three minutes Super Melvine Malard finish doubles lead Julia Zigiotti Olme makes it three after withstanding Atletico pressure Winners will play Bayern Munich in quarter-finals Second leg at Old Trafford next Thursday (20: 00 GMT) Tell us your thoughts using form below Alex Brotherton and Holly Bacon FT: Atletico Madrid 0-3 Manchester United Rachel Brown-Finnis Former England goalkeeper on Disney+ There were sigs that Atleti could nick something but Manchester United were tight and stingy at the back. A real professional performance from Manchester United. Atletico Madrid 0-3 Manchester United It's all over! Like Arsenal last night, Manchester United put one foot firmly in the quarter-finals of the Women's Champions League. Goals from Elisabeth Terland and Melvine Malard put the visitors in control by the break, before Julia Zigiotti Olme added a third late on. Post-match reaction coming up. Atletico Madrid 0-3 Manchester United Fiamma Benítez latches onto a knockdown and shoots on the turn, but Phallon Tullis-Joyce is equal to it. Click 'Get Involved' to have your say Looking like we will be in the quarter-final in our first CL campaign…craziness. Vicky, Manchester Atletico Madrid 0-3 Manchester United We're into four minutes injury-time Atletico Madrid 0-3 Manchester United Lianne Sanderson Former England footballer on Disney+ The pitch is really poor. At this standard, it's a fantastic training facility but the players deserve better than this, especially in certain areas. Atletico Madrid 0-3 Manchester United Gio Garbelini looks for the bottom far corner with a dipping effort from the edge of the box, but it goes just wide. Atletico are awarded a corner, but on the replay it doesn't look like Phallon Tullis-Joyce actually got a touch. The resulting corner almost results in a goa, but the United goalkeeper blocks before the ball is cleared off the goal-line. Atletico Madrid 0-3 Manchester United Rachel Brown-Finnis Former England goalkeeper on Disney+ That goal really was an absolute beauty - not just the final piece of the jigsaw puzzle which was a solid, low, hard strike from Julia Zigiotti Olme. That is a lovely team goal. Atletico Madrid 0-3 Manchester United It may have taken three goals, but Manchester United's travelling fans are now out-singing the Spanish child with a megaphone. Atletico Madrid 0-3 Manchester United Marc Skinner takes that goal as a cue to replace Jess Park with Simi Awujo. Julia Zigiotti Olme (81 mins) That could be tie over! After weathering a period of Atletico pressure, United go up the other end. Elisabeth Terland hits a dead end but the ball is worked to Melvine Malard at the other side of the box, who slips in Julia Zigiotti Olme on the overlap and the Swede smashes a low shot through Lola Gallardo in the Atletico goal. United have the goal they craved. Atletico Madrid 0-2 Manchester United Rachel Brown-Finnis Former England goalkeeper on Disney+ They're knocking on the door aren't they Atleti? Atletico Madrid 0-2 Manchester United Atletico substitutes combine as Gio Garbelini charges down the left wing before Rosa Otermin shoots, but Maya Le Tissier produces a fine block. It's all hands on deck for United at the back. Atletico Madrid 0-2 Manchester United Former Arsenal player Gio Garbelini has come on for Atletico Madrid, making her first appearance since breaking her leg in defeat to Man Utd four months ago. Sheila Guijarro also comes on, with Amaiur Sarriegi and Synne Jensen making way. Atletico Madrid 0-2 Manchester United After Atletico just about deal with a United free-kick, the hosts go up the other end and Synne Jensen sees her spectacular dipping volley land on the roof of the net. Phallon Tullis-Joyce looked a little concerned there. Atletico Madrid 0-2 Manchester United Atletico striker Amaiur Sarriegi is booked for a reckless foul. Atletico Madrid 0-2 Manchester United How has that stayed out? Synne Jensen is bearing down on goal and looks certain to score, but with just Phallon Tullis-Joyce to beat she inexlicibaly tries to square the ball cross goal and Maya Le Tissier intervenes. Atleti have another chance, but United block. The hosts are starting to push hard for a way back into this tie. Atletico Madrid 0-2 Manchester United A goal and an assist so far for Melvine Malard. Can she get another to effectively end this tie before the second leg? Atletico Madrid 0-2 Manchester United Rachel Brown-Finnis Former England goalkeeper on Disney+ What a touch onto the bar from Phallon Tullis-Joyce! We've talked about her athleticism, the way she gets across so quickly and still in time to power up and fingertip that onto the bar. Head in hands for Vilde Boa Risa. Atletico Madrid 0-2 Manchester United Phallon Tullis-Joyce makes an extraordinary save to tip Vilde Boa Risa's curling free-kick onto the crossbar! The former Manchester United player almost pulled a goal back there. Manchester United took a big step towards the Champions League quarter-finals with a thumping 3-0 victory over Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their knockout play-off tie. Goals from Elisabeth Terland, Melvine Malard and Julia Zigiotti Olme in the Spanish capital means the tie is firmly in their control, with German giants Bayern Munich awaiting the victors in the quarter-finals. Terland got Marc Skinner's side off to the perfect start, collecting a wonderful through ball from Malard before jinking into the box and finding the top right corner inside three minutes. Then five minutes later Terland thought she had doubled her tally after producing a deft volley into the roof of the net from an Ellen Wangerheim knock-down. Yet the joy was short lived as the offside flag and then a video assistant referee (VAR) check ruled it out. As Atletico pushed to find an equaliser before the interval, Malard struck to make it 2-0. The French international ran onto an incisive Hinata Miyazawa through ball before curling a superb effort across Lola Gallardo into the far bottom corner. The hosts had rallied in the intervening period, with 21-year-old Fiamma Benitez's shot from range blocked over the crossbar after a neat one-two with Synne Jensen. However Malard's sublime finishing touch handed Manchester United a strong two-goal lead at the break. The visitors began the second half just as fast as the first, with an excellent point blank Gallardo save preventing Jayde Riviere from adding a third goal 90 seconds after the restart. Again, after that scare Atletico appeared reinvigorated, launching wave after wave of attack in pursuit of a way back into the game. Midfielder Vilde Boe Risa cracked a free-kick off the crossbar from 25 yards, unable to land the telling blow against her former club, before Benitez was denied from close range by a crowd of Manchester United defenders. As the clock passed the 80th minute, Malard turned provider again, this time laying off for Julia Zigiotti Olme to drill inside the front post to ensure the side take a commanding 3-0 lead into next week's return leg at Old Trafford [19 February, 20: 00 GMT]. In Thursday's earlier play-off round tie, Wolfsburg scored twice in the closing stages to claim a 2-2 draw against Juventus. 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