The Reds’ first-leg meeting with LASK in Austria may have taken place against unfamiliar opponents in a then wholly unique setting – our first ever behind-closed-doors fixture – but the 33-year-old stopper was a familiar face in goal for his seventh Europa League appearance of the season, and his 21st in total for United in this competition.
Romero’s subsequent shut-out in the Linzer Stadium was his 39th clean sheet in his 58th game for the club, providing just the latest instalment in an astonishing concessions record which outstrips every other goalkeeper in the club’s history. While Nick Culkin and Paul Rachubka can boast unblemished records of keeping goal for the Reds without ever conceding, their combined playing time of 104 first-team minutes render the duo statistical anomalies.