The hits keep on coming for Ruben Amorim's Manchester United , who clawed their way back from a 2-0 deficit on Wednesday only to lose 12-11 in a penalty shootout to League Two side Grimsby Town and exit the ELF Cup in the second round.

Grimsby struck first with the game's opening goal in the 22nd minute courtesy of Charles Vernam, the hosts taking advantage after a tepid start to play for the visitors. United outpossessed Grimsby 58.2% to 41.8% at that point, but the two sides had each taken three shots, Grimsby clearly the more efficient team. The hosts had two shots on goal and 0.24 expected goals while the Red Devils had yet to put a single attempt on frame and had mustered up just 0.1 expected goals at that point in the game.

Things went from bad to worse for United eight minutes

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