Grimsby Town produced one of the great cup shocks by beating Manchester United 12-11 on penalties after a 2-2 draw. United trailed 2-0 at halftime following first-half goals from Charles Vernam and Tyrell Warren. A 75th-minute Bryan Mbeumo strike and a late Harry Maguire header forced spot-kicks. Christy Pym saw a crucial penalty from Mbeumo hit the bar before the shootout stretched to 12-11. United fielded a heavily-changed side including Onana, Maguire, Mainoo, Sesko and Ugarte that struggled in the first half as Grimsby pressed high, played swiftly and seized momentum.
Manchester United bloody hell: after a chaotic display in regular time that somehow pulled them back to 2-2 and penalties, Ruben Amorim's rabble lost a fevered shootout 12-11. When Bryan Mbeumo's kick smacked Christy Pym's bar Grimsby entered the nirvana of a cup-shock for the ages and the faithful's song of Oh when the Town go steaming in sweetly summed up what they did to United.
United were two down by the interval and appeared heading out after Charles Vernam and Tyrell Warren first-half strikes had the 20-times English champions facing a humiliating oblivion from the Carabao Cup. But a 75th-minute Mbeumo finish handed United a lifeline before Maguire's stooping header squeezed in at the near post took the game to the penalty lottery. Amorim's men lost it, so, let the inquest begin.
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