PSG 1-3 Manchester United: 5 Hits and Flops

#3 Flop: Gianluigi Buffon

Buffon had an evening to forget, crashing out of the Champions League once again

Much had been said about Buffon's decision to remain among Europe's elite when joining PSG on a one-year deal last summer. After all, the Italian legend turned 41 back in January and is clearly beyond his peak years now. If ever there was a game to reiterate that, it was this one.

Although Lukaku's first strike wasn't solely his fault, he could and should have at least done more to make it more difficult for the Belgian to score. Instead, he just fell over and it was a futile attempt - rather than to close down his scoring angles or delay him further, giving teammates a chance to scurry back quickly.

As for the second goal, the blame is rightly on his shoulders. Marcus Rashford's ability to strike a ball with varying degrees of power, swerve and accuracy have been applauded by critics in recent years but even still, Buffon shouldn't have struggled as much as he did with the 21-year-old's effort from range.

It's not the fact he fumbled the strike, but rather the slow reactions which led to that action to begin with - as well as afterwards, allowing Lukaku to follow up with the rebound, which compounded it.

For all his leadership qualities, he didn't exude much confidence onto the PSG backline. Instead, he struggled even more so than Kehrer and others did. There was nothing he could do to stop Rashford's well-taken penalty strike, but at this point, the damage had already been done.