Man Utd suffered an embarrassing defeat in the Carabao Cup second round to the League Two club, losing 12-11 on penalties, having fought back from 2-0 down in the final 15 minutes, and Amorim repeatedly said afterwards "the players spoke really loudly" with their performance. Amorim has failed to win any of Manchester United's first three matches of the season despite signing a new front line in Benjamin Sesko, Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo, who all featured in the tie, with the pressure growing ahead of their Premier League fixture at home to Burnley on Saturday. Grimsby 2-2 Man Utd (12-11 pens) - report & highlightsAs it happened | Teams | Match statsTransfer Centre LIVE! | Man Utd news & transfers🔴Got Sky? Watch now on the Sky Sports app📱 "I am shocked because we are in the moment when we make a lot of changes, " Amorim said on ITV. "We try to fight a lot of things but then when we have these moments, we need to show up. "If we don't show up, you can feel that something has to change and you are not going to change 22 players again." Andre Onana, making his first appearance of the season, was at fault for both Grimsby goals, allowing Charles Vernan's 22nd-minute strike to go through him at his near post before missing his punch at a cross which gave Tyrell Warren a tap-in eight minutes later. But Amorim stressed the goalkeeper wasn't the only issue at Blundell Park. "With all due respect, when you play against a fourth division team, it's not the goalkeeper, it's everything," he told Sky Sports. "It's the environment, it's the way we face the competition. We know that in the moment, people will pay attention to everything, it's massive - every detail. We showed that performance today. My players spoke for me, really loud. "It doesn't matter if we recover [from 2-0 down] or not. It's the signs the team made during the game. The beginning of the game. "I know that the best team won, the only team that was on the pitch. The best players lose, because one team can win against any group of players. "I think the team and the players spoke really loud today. That's it. We lost. The best team won." Asked to clarify what he meant by his players speaking "really loud", Amorim added: "It's really clear what they spoke. Let's move on from this day. I think it was really clear for everybody what happened today. "It's not just the space, but the way we started the game without any intensity. All the ideas of the pressure, we were completely lost. It's hard to explain. That's what they spoke really loud. "When you lose but you see something new, it's different. When you see something different like today, it's hard to talk about that. "I just want to say I'm really sorry to the fans. The support they give me, the support that they are always, with all the defeats, with the team, today I have nothing to say apart from sorry. "I think they gave the response on the pitch today. Now, we have a game in the weekend and then two weeks off. We will solve things out." Dalot questions Man Utd standards Man Utd defender Diogo Dalot speaking to MUTV: "Not good enough, clearly, especially in the first half. We gave the game to them - first balls, second balls, set-plays. "We fought back in the second half but that was the minimum we could show to the fans that travelled, and for the club. "We cannot come here and expect it's going to be easy. Credit for their fight to go through. But it shouldn't be enough to win against us because we should have shown much more. "It's minimum standards. I don't want to go through the same sentence time again, we just need to show." Worse than Rangnick? The stats that damn Amorim Manchester United's defeat by Grimsby marks the first time in the club's history that they have been eliminated from a cup competition by a team in the fourth tier.Amorim's 35.6 per cent win rate in all competitions is the lowest by a Manchester United manager in the Premier League era, below Ralf Rangnick on 37.9 per cent, and a long way below Louis van Gaal, on 52.4 per cent, and David Moyes, on 52.9 per cent.Manchester United have only won seven of his 29 Premier League games in charge. They are yet to win consecutive Premier League games under Amorim.They finished last season with a club-record low of 42 points in the Premier League. They also recorded their lowest Premier League finish in 15th, and their lowest total for goals scored with only 44.Amorim has taken charge of more Premier League games (29), than he has won points (28).

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal have been paired with Darren Moore's Port Vale, Chelsea go to Lincoln City, while Pep Guardiola's Man City face a trip to Huddersfield. Got Sky? Watch the Carabao Cup on the Sky Sports app📱 Elsewhere in the draw, Grimsby Town - who stunned Ruben Amorim's Manchester United at Blundell Park on Wednesday night - were rewarded with a trip to Championship side Sheffield Wednesday, who knocked out Leeds on Tuesday despite the Owls' troubles. There is also a spicy local derby with Crystal Palace hosting Millwall - in an exact repeat of last season's FA Cup tie that saw Jean-Philippe Mateta seriously injured by now-former goalkeeper Liam Roberts. Liverpool will host Championship side Southampton, while holders Newcastle are at home to Bradford in round three. Thomas Frank's Spurs will host another League One side in Doncaster Rovers. There are also two all-Premier League clashes in Brentford vs Aston Villa and Wolves vs Everton. Carabao Cup third round matches in full Matches to be played on w/c September 15: Sheffield Wednesday vs Grimsby Town Wolves vs Everton Crystal Palace vs Millwall Burnley vs Cardiff Wrexham vs Reading Wigan Athletic vs Wycombe Barnsley vs Brighton Fulham vs Cambridge Matches to be played on w/c September 22: Port Vale vs Arsenal Swansea City vs Nottingham Forest Lincoln City vs Chelsea Tottenham Hotspur vs Doncaster Brentford vs Aston Villa Huddersfield Town vs Manchester City Liverpool vs Southampton Newcastle vs Bradford City Round two highlights

Wing Jess Breach, one try away from 50 for her country, and centre Meg Jones retain their places from the 69-7 win over USA at the Stadium of Light last Friday but it is all change elsewhere for the game at Franklin's Gardens in Northampton (5pm). Former captain Marlie Packer will deputise for rested skipper Zoe Aldcroft, while Emma Sing starts at full-back in place of the rested Ellie Kildunne, who is named on the bench, and Claudia Moloney-MacDonald returns from injury at No 11. Red Roses thrash USA in Rugby World Cup opener 🌹Women's Rugby World Cup: All you need to know 🏉Choose the Sky Sports push notifications you want 🔔 Jones will line up alongside fellow centre and tournament debutant Jade Shekells, with Helena Rowland, back from an ankle issue, at scrum-half and Lucy Packer at fly-half. Kelsey Clifford, Lark Atkin-Davies and Sarah Bern make up a new-look front row, with Rosie Galligan and Lilli Ives Campion the locks and Marlie Packer skippering from openside flanker. Abi Burton wears the No 6 jersey with Maddie Feaunati at No 8 against the country her dad, Zak, appeared for 13 times. Fly-half Holly Aitchison (ankle) misses out again. Samoa lost their opening Pool A match 73-0 to Australia, the nation England play their final group game against in Brighton on Saturday September 6. Head coach Mitchell said: "It has been in our planning to give everyone game time over the first two pool matches and, bar Holly [Aitchison], we've been able to execute that with this selection. "Our new combination want to make each other proud and build on our performance against USA in our opening match. "It will be a great atmosphere for them at one of the most traditional rugby grounds in the country. They're all excited to get out there." Red Roses squad to face Samoa Starting XV: 15 Emma Sing; 14 Jess Breach, 13 Megan Jones, 12 Jade Shekells, 11 Claudei Moloney-MacDonald; 10 Helana Rowland, 9 Lucy Packer; 1 Kelsey Clifford, 2 Lark Atkin-Davies, 3 Sarah Bern, 4 Lilli Ives Campion, 5 Rosie Galligan, 6 Abi Burton, 7 Marlie Packer (captain), 8 Maddie Feaunati. Replacements: 16 May Campbell, 17 Mackenzie Carson, 18 Maud Muir, 19 Morwenna Talling, 20 Sadia Kabeya, 21 Natasha Hunt, 22 Zoe Harrison, 23 Ellie Kildunne. Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 results and fixturesPool stage Pool A August 22: England 69-7 USA (Sunderland)August 23: Australia 73-0 Samoa (Salford)August 30: England vs Samoa - Northampton, 5pmAugust 30: United States vs Australia - York, 7.30pmSeptember 6: United States vs Samoa - York, 1.30pmSeptember 6: England vs Australia - Brighton, 5pm Pool B August 23: Scotland 38-8 Wales (Salford)August 23: Canada 65-7 Fiji (York)August 30: Canada vs Wales - Salford, 12pmAugust 30: Scotland vs Fiji - Salford, 2.45pmSeptember 6: Canada vs Scotland - Exeter, 12pmSeptember 6: Wales vs Fiji - Exeter, 2.45pm Pool C August 24: Ireland 42-14 Japan (Northampton)August 24: New Zealand 54-8 Spain (York)August 31: Ireland vs Spain - Northampton, 12pmAugust 31: New Zealand vs Japan - Exeter, 2pmSeptember 7: Japan vs Spain - York, 12pmSeptember 7: New Zealand vs Ireland - Brighton, 2.45pm Pool D August 23: France 24-0 Italy (Exeter)August 24: South Africa 66-6 Brazil (Northampton)August 31: Italy vs South Africa - York, 3.30pmAugust 31: France vs Brazil - Exeter, 4.45pmSeptember 7: Italy vs Brazil - Northampton, 2pmSeptember 7: France vs South Africa - Northampton, 4.45pm

Those at the top had hoped the nadir was behind them. Omar Berrada, United's chief executive, had said as much. "As of this summer, the worst bit is going to be behind us." He had praised the "very clear identity" of Amorim, talked of a long-term vision. Sir Jim Ratcliffe had proclaimed that the Portuguese was doing "a great job" in March and complained that everyone was expecting miracles. United supporters would settle for avoiding humiliation at Grimsby. The FA Cup is the only hope now. And this is August. Grimsby 2-2 Man Utd (12-11 pens) - report & highlightsAs it happened | Teams | Match statsTransfer Centre LIVE! | Man Utd news & transfers🔴Got Sky? Watch now on the Sky Sports app📱 There will be plenty persuaded by the argument that Amorim needs more time, that part of the problem at United over the dozen years of discontent since Sir Alex Ferguson's departure is that the club has been unable to stick to a plan, to see an idea through. There is logic to that thinking, particularly when the club has committed to this course enough to be dispensing with homegrown talents who do not fit Amorim's system. What sense in reshaping formation and club only to abandon the project so swiftly? The last vestiges of the previous regime are only just being swept away. Remember that image of Kobbie Mainoo, Rasmus Hojlund and Alejandro Garnacho perched on the hoardings? The poster boys of the FA Cup victory last year on the periphery now. The dangers of flitting from one idea to the next are oft-discussed. Marcus Rashford might be the best or worst placed to comment depending on your view but he articulated the issue well in a recent interview. "You end up in no-man's land," he said. The awkward issue for United's decision-makers is that the argument for continuity only makes sense if the man in whom this faith is placed still believes. The most worrying aspect of events at Blundell Park was the behaviour of the coach upon whom this rests. There was the sight of him shuffling his tactics board with his team two down to Grimsby. There was the spectacle of him steering clear of his own players before the penalty shoot-out and then being slumped in the dugout refusing to watch once it began. The memes are one thing but more significant were the words that followed. "Something has to change," said Amorim in the aftermath of defeat. "And you are not going to change 22 players again." This from a coach who has offered to leave before. "I have nothing to say. That is the biggest problem." Indeed. Because there has been enough change of personnel on the pitch for Amorim to be beginning to take control of this situation by now. He finished the game with his new £200m forward trio out there. But Matheus Cunha was the first Manchester United player to miss, Bryan Mbeumo was the last. In between, there was the strange sight of Benjamin Sesko, the club's new £74m striker, being the very last outfield player out on the pitch to step up to take one. Both Ayden Heaven and Patrick Dorgu, the latter as a specialist wing-back designed to fit his system, have come in since Amorim's appointment. Manuel Ugarte has worked with him before. More players are needed but it should be functioning better than this. The tactical inflexibility that saw Mason Mount deployed at left wing-back will be the focus of a lot of noise externally. But internally, the chief concern of both Amorim and those above him will be that the much-vaunted spirit and harmony has dissipated. That was the message of the summer coming out of the club, that there had been a change of mood to go with the new stadium plans and training-ground revamp. Luke Shaw spoke of the toxic environment of the past. This was a fresh start at United. "Now, I am excited," Amorim told Sky Sports just recently. "It is completely different." The fragility of that has already been exposed. It survived defeat to Arsenal on the opening weekend because there were some positive signs, but a stuttering draw at Fulham was less convincing and this performance was as miserable as it gets. Already, the optimism has been undermined and United finding themselves lurching once more. Just hoping they can navigate a home fixture against Burnley, limp to that international break and take stock once the summer transfer window has closed. Time. That is at the heart of this. "We have a game at the weekend, then we have two weeks and we will solve things." But that was what pre-season, Amorim's first, was supposed to do. Manchester City and Chelsea will be waiting for them on their return. And yet, still there is an appetite for all this to work, for a talented young coach who has lost more games than he has won at Manchester United to come good in the end, for an exciting new team to emerge stronger from this chastening experience. Those at the top are certainly invested. The men who saw themselves as part of the clean-up operation risk being seen as adding to the mess. The "short-term pain" to which Berrada had referred last season cannot be allowed to have been for nothing. But if Amorim himself has lost belief, it is already over.

The 27-year-old defender revealed during the tournament in Switzerland that she had been subject to racist slurs on her social media accounts since the tournament began. The FA contacted UK police when it was informed of the abuse Carter has been subjected to, and the un-named man from Great Harwood in Lancashire has since been apprehended. He has been released under investigation while enquiries continue. An investigation was launched by the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) after Carter revealed the scale of the abuse following England's quarter-final win over Sweden. Cheshire Constabulary chief constable Mark Roberts, the National Police Chief Council (NPCC) lead for football policing, said: "The messages directed towards Jess Carter were appalling and I would like to commend her for standing up to this abuse and assisting with our investigation. "Nobody should be subjected to such disgusting abuse, and I expect that today's arrest will be the first of many over the coming months. "We want to make it clear that racist abuse of this nature will not be tolerated. Everyone is responsible for what they do and say, and we want to ensure offenders cannot hide behind a social media profile to post vile comments." At the time of Carter's public statement, tributes poured in from far and wide including from her Lionesses team-mates and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Research from SentientSports GuardianAI went on to find that Carter had been the player targeted with the most negativity on social media during the penalty shoot-out win over Sweden, with 9.8 per cent of abusive posts aimed at her. On the back of the abuse, the Lionesses collectively decided to stop taking a knee ahead of matches during the tournament. In her initial statement on July 21, Carter said: "From the start of the tournament I have experienced a lot of racial abuse. Whilst I feel every fan is entitled to their opinion on performance and result I don't agree or think it's ok to target someone's appearance or race. "As a result of this I will be taking a step back from social media and leaving it to a team to deal with. "As ever I am grateful for all of the support from the genuine fans but I am taking this measure to protect myself in a bid to keep my focus on helping the team anyway I can. Hopefully speaking out will make the people writing this abuse think twice so that others won't have to deal with it. "We have made some historic changes with this Lionesses squad that I am so proud to be a part of and my hope is that by speaking out about this it will make another positive change for all. I'm now looking forward and focusing on putting all of my energy into helping my team." England went on to lift the Euro 2025 trophy in Switzerland, with Carter starting and playing the whole game of the final penalty shoot-out win over Spain.