Manchester United have been down this road before.

After amassing one point from their opening two Premier League games, Ruben Amorim and his players must have travelled to Blundell Park to face Grimsby Town on Wednesday night confident of securing their first win of the new season against League Two opposition.

But just as Louis van Gaal did back in 2014, Amorim fell foul to a League Cup giant-killing. The scoreline on the Lincolnshire coast was not quite as harrowing as the 4-0 drubbing United experienced in their last second round appearance in the competition at the hands of MK Dons 11 years ago, but the inquest will require greater scrutiny.

Despite making eight changes to his starting line-up from the weekend's 1-1 draw with Fulham at Craven Cottage, Amorim still named an XI l

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