Manchester United crashed out of the Carabao Cup with a defeat on penalties to Championship side Derby County on Tuesday after the third-round tie ended 2-2 in normal time at Old Trafford.
With no extra time in this season’s competition, the contest went straight to spot kicks and Frank Lampard’s Derby won 8-7 with Phil Jones’s effort saved by visiting keeper Scott Carson.
United manager Jose Mourinho said he felt his team were in difficulty once the shootout got down to his defenders.
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“I knew that we were going to be in trouble, with Jones with Eric [Bailly] I knew that we were going to be in trouble then,” he said.
For former England midfielder Lampard, who played under Mourinho at Chelsea, it was just reward for playing a full-strength side and approaching the game in positive fashion.
