Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes showed his class with an incredible gesture after the penalty -Miss by Bryan Mbeumo against Grimsby.
The Red Devils were subjected to a humiliating competition head to the League Two Side that is 58 places lower than united in the English football pyramid.
Fernandes and Mbeumo both came to the break to change the tide of the game after seeing the starting XI Ruben Amorim had fallen 2-0 within 30 minutes.
Mbeumo finally managed to pass the blockade of the Mariners in the 75th minute – to be the first united player to register a goal this season – before Harry Magire went home.
An incredible fine shootout that lasted 18 minutes, however, ended 12-11 in favor of Grimsby.
Mbeumo had scored his first penalty as the second tower, but after colleague signing Matheus Cunha missed the so-called winner on Penalty Five, both teams became flawless from 12 yards.
But the 26-year-old crashed his stairs against the bar the second time and sent United out of the cup.
Immediately after he missed it, jubilant Grimsby supporters rushed onto the field to celebrate.
But in images caught by Sunsport, Fernandes, 30, put his own disappointment on the side and hurried to comfort his teammate while fans swarmed around them during their walk to the Blundell Park Player Tunnel.
The club captain scored twice in the Grimsby-Shootout as the first and 12th Toning, but had missed his place against Fulham in the weekend when United 1-1 pulled.
Manchester United stands for Burnley in the Premier League then, but Baas Amorim seems to have washed all his hands of his flops, with his comments after the game seem to suggest that he has lost the dressing room.
He said: “Ultimately, it doesn't matter if we recover or not, it is the signs that the team gave during the game, the start of the game.
“I think the best team has won, the only team that was on the field.
“Losing the best players because one team can win against any group of players, and I think the team and the players spoke very loudly today, so that's it. We lost, won the best team …
“I think it is really clear what they spoke, so let's continue from this day and I think it was clear to everyone what happened today.
“The way we start the game without any intensity, all the idea of ​​the pressure, we were completely lost and that's why I think they spoke very hard.”
The 40-year-old also gave an apology to fans: “If you only see something new, it's different. If you see something like today, it's hard to talk about it.
“I just want to say that I really regret the fans. The support they have given me, with all the support they help the team. I have nothing to say. I am really sorry.”