{"id":74416,"date":"2025-08-28T08:34:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=74416"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:34:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:34:32","slug":"grimsby-shock-red-devils-in-league-cup-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/28\/grimsby-shock-red-devils-in-league-cup-upset\/","title":{"rendered":"Grimsby Shock Red Devils in League Cup Upset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United suffered a humiliating League Cup exit on Wednesday, losing 12-11 on penalties to fourth-tier Grimsby Town after a 2-2 draw in regulation time.<\/p>\n<p>United trailed 2-0 with 15 minutes left, courtesy of goals from Charles Vernam and Tyrell Warren, before Bryan Mbeumo sparked a late comeback.<\/p>\n<p>However, his penalty miss sealed the Red Devils\u2019 fate.<\/p>\n<p>Despite fielding a star-studded lineup, including new \u00a374 million signing Benjamin Sesko, United struggled against Grimsby\u2019s resilient defense.<\/p>\n<p>The League Two side deservedly led at halftime and held on for one of the most embarrassing results in Manchester United\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>The loss adds pressure on manager Ruben Amorim, whose team has yet to find form this season.<\/p>\n<p>United, who finished 15th in the Premier League last season, now face a potential trophyless campaign, with scrutiny mounting over Amorim\u2019s future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado &nbsp; Manchester United suffered a humiliating League Cup exit on Wednesday, losing 12-11 on penalties to fourth-tier Grimsby Town after a 2-2 draw in regulation time. United trailed 2-0 with 15 minutes left, courtesy of goals from Charles Vernam and Tyrell Warren, before Bryan Mbeumo sparked a late comeback. However, his penalty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":74417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74418,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74416\/revisions\/74418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}