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Manchester United crashed out of the EFL Cup within the second spherical after a humiliating 11-12 penalty loss to League Two aspect Grimsby City after the sport ended 2-2 on the finish of regulation time.
The house aspect have been by far the higher workforce, and so they rightly took a two-goal lead into the break after Andre Onana was at fault but once more. How he continues to be on the membership stays a thriller.
The gamers did handle to attain twice within the second 45 minutes by Bryan Mbeumo and Harry Maguire to take the sport to penalties, however the shootout was equally embarrassing.
The goalkeeper bought his arms on a number of photographs, however managed to save lots of solely a single one. And their new No.9, signed for an preliminary £66 million, was the final outfield participant to step up.
Sesko regarded not sure of himself
After two disappointing seasons for Rasmus Hojlund, followers have been elated to see the membership signal Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig. Expectations have been sky-high and rightfully so, given his spectacular stats for his final two golf equipment.
However the English sport is a distinct beast, and whereas he did look uncooked in each of his Premier League cameos, the true take a look at was his first begin in pink.
Protected to say, it didn’t go in keeping with plan. In 90 minutes, he managed a meagre seven passes, ended the sport with a go completion price of solely 64 p.c.
This isn’t the Bundesliga
He had six photographs, with solely two heading in the right direction. Each have been comfy saves. His last-minute miss from nearly beneath the crossbar was onerous to digest.
The Slovenian managed 0 key passes, 0 crosses, 0 lengthy balls, and regarded off the tempo for your complete period of the sport (all stats through sofascore).
He misplaced 10 duels out of 12, and misplaced the ball 9 instances. The 22-year-old bought fairly the fact test at Blundell Park — this isn’t the Bundesliga the place you may dominate defenders.
The League Two aspect’s centre-halves had it straightforward towards Benjamin Sesko, and that will likely be a priority transferring ahead. Amorim should attempt to restore his confidence after the beating it bought within the rain.
He wants time to adapt, however wanting simply as clueless as his predecessor just isn’t the most effective look.
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