Cristiano Ronaldo reacts to Man Utd vs Leeds win and sends Champions League warning

Manchester United must win the Champions League this season if they are to end their five-year wait for a major title and meet Atletico Madrid in Spain on Wednesday.

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Leeds United v Manchester United: Match in pictures

Cristiano Ronaldo urged him Manchester United teammates focus on Champions League draw with Atletico Madrid after beating Leeds on Sunday afternoon.

The Reds take on the Spanish champions in Madrid on Wednesday night, with a quarter-final spot up for grabs.

The Champions League is United’s last chance to win the silverware this season and end a five-year wait for a major trophy.

Ralf Rangnick’s team kicked off Wednesday’s clash by won 4-2 at Elland Road thanks to Harry Maguire’s goals, Bruno FernandesFred and Anthony Elanga.

The result leaves United fourth in Premier Leaguefour clear points West Ham on Thursday.

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They also clearly four points about Arsenal in sixth place but played three more games. Wolf and Tottenham still in the hunt for Champions League football.

“Winning is very important in the Premier League before we shift our focus to the Champions League and towards Madrid,” Ronaldo tweeted. “Back to the track! We stand United!”

United took a 2-0 lead at Elland Road before scoring two goals after two minutes as Leeds equalized. However, they rallied to take all three points.

Rangnick admitted: “Apart from the two managers, probably everyone enjoyed that game.

“It’s not boring, it’s always tense and you always expect something to happen. This is what football should be like this.

“It took us 15 minutes to control the game but then we started playing well.

“In the first half we were fully aware that we had to try with our front foot, but we conceded two goals after two minutes and that obviously changed the whole game.

“The atmosphere was great but we showed some maturity and kept our will. We showed maturity and that was the only way to take control again.”

When conceding two goals within two minutes, Rangnick added: “The first one was not excellent, the second one they did very well.

“We could have defended better, but it was 2-2. We had a similar experience at Aston Villa, so that’s why the reaction is so important.

“This is the attitude we need to show if we want to be successful this season, both in the Premier League and in the Champions League.

“Not only the result, but the way we got it, is very important for Wednesday [against Atletico] but also the upcoming matches. “

United captain Maguire added: “Definitely we needed a better start to the second half.

“They appeared right above our heads; their first goal was obviously really lucky and it brought them right back and then they scored a beautiful goal.

“We had to fight back and stick together; we knew it was a tough place to come but we knew we had qualities and could hurt them.

“We said in the first half that we needed to score more goals in the second half and we did it.”