Manchester United vs Benfica: 5 Key Talking Points

#3. Mile Svilar can't catch a break

Mile Svilar - the unluckiest lucky person on the planet?

At 18 years and 65 days old, Mile Svilar became the youngest person in Champions League history to save a penalty - to complement his breaking the record for youngest ever goalkeeper to play in the CL (beating Iker Casillas) and it looked like he had put to rest last fortnight's unfortunate error that cost Benfica the game behind him (when he carried Rashford's freekick into his own net) but it was not to be, for...

... at 18 years and 65 days old, he also became the youngest player to score an own goal in Champions League history.

Few footballers go through such trials and tribulations so early on in their footballing careers - and he can only emerge from them stronger.

He displayed some fantastic goalkeeping on the night - penalty save apart - and looks to have all the ingredients necessary to become an established top-level keeper; all he needs now is for Lady Luck to wink his way once in a while.

15' Youngest keeper ever to save a penalty in UCL45' Youngest keeper ever to score an own goal in UCLBad Luck Svilar pic.twitter.com/nqbgftVVJq

— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) October 31, 2017

This really is just sodding unfortunate

Svilar's own goal pic.twitter.com/sRYI9DYgNW

— DILLINGER ? (@DillanMUFC) October 31, 2017