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Football is such an interesting sport, especially how narratives can take over clubs. No club has had a narrative and reality take grip more aggressively than Manchester United. It doesn’t matter who is in the dugout, who is on the pitch, when it all shakes out, it’s absolutely dreadful over and over again.
Yesterday, United were put out of the League Cup in a cupset for the ages… Grimsby of all teams dispatched United, and it’s the biggest story in sport. Mbuemo took an outrageously late penalty, like he didn’t want the pressure of one, and he hit the bar… cue pandemonium.
Amorim cut a broken and battered figure after the game. His most ominous line was…
‘The players showed what they really want out there’