Grimsby Town – goalkeeper Christy Pym admitted that he was 'half smoking' after he had eliminated the team that he supported – while Manchester United crashed for a defeat of the Penalty Shootout in Blundell Park.
The 30-year-old United fan was one of the heroes when the League Two Side Ruben Amorim's £ 400 million team 12-11 surprised penalties to include one of the biggest shocks in the history of the competition.
“Yes, it's not really sunk yet,” Pym told Sky Sports. 'I am a United fan myself, so I am a little bit of smoking. But if these are nights you play for, so yes, beautiful. '
United had been two goals for both strikes within half an hour after Andre Onana. Charles heard him hit him for the first time in his nearby pole before the keeper fluttered to a cross, allowing Tyrell Warren to double the lead.
Amorim sent reinforcements during the break and his side eventually dragged himself up. Bryan Mbeumo scored his first goal since a relocation of £ 71 million from Brentford before Harry Maguire equalized for an 89th minute.
The draw went to punishment and Pym produced a decisive moment. With the shootout on 4-4 locked, he correctly suspected to refuse Matheus Cunha, the summer signature of £ 55 million in United, when scoring would have forwarded Amorim's side.
“I should have done a little better, right?” Pym added. 'Yesterday I and the goalkeeper coach Steve sat down for a good hour, in case that.
“It kept changing, it was a bit frustrating, but I saved one, kept us in and then the boys did the rest. They were brilliant. '
The game remained deep in sudden death, with even both keepers who converted their stairs, until Mbeumo struck the bottom of the bar with the 26th attempt to confirm Grimsby's Passage.
It was the first time that United had ever lost to the fourth opposition in the League Cup and came at the end of a night when their manager refused to see the shooting, squatting in his dugout while the drama unfolded.
The defeat is more pressure on Amorim after a profit-free start of the Premier League season and represents demonstrably United's most humiliating cup output since their 4-0 thrashing at MK Dons in 2014.
For Grimsby it was now a famous night that will live in memory for a long time, and for pym, one to enjoy.