Grimsby 2-2 Man Utd (Grimsby win 12-11 on penalties) (Vernam 22′, Warren 30′ | Mbeumo 75′, Maguire 89′)

BLUNDELL PARK — Big fish do famously get battered in Grimsby. But nothing plucked from the North Sea has ever been treated to this kind of humiliation.

It was the most Manchester United end to the most absurd evening. By the end of the contest that United somehow fluked their way to get to a penalty shootout, Ruben Amorim’s new £200m strikeforce was out there, supported by skipper Bruno Fernandes, Mason Mount, Kobbie Mainoo and Joshua Zirkzee.

And they still required a Harry Maguire’s large cranium to avoid a humiliating defeat of epic proportions.

Saved their skin. Or so they thought. Just merely a stay of execution, as Bryan Mbeumo’s penalty miss in sudden death ensured one of t

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