Spot-kick slapstick: Man Utd humiliated by Sunderland

United's season plumbs agonising new depths as they lose League Cup semi final on penalties

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Manchester United 2 Sunderland 1 [3-3 on aggregate, Sunderland win 2-1 on penalties]. Manchester United's season went from bad to disastrous on Wednesday night as they tumbled out of the League Cup semi-final in farcical fashion after one of the most inept penalty shootouts ever witnessed. Manager David Moyes admitted his side had been "terrible" in the second-leg clash at Old Trafford as Sunderland booked their place at Wembley against Manchester City on March 2.

The Sky Blues are unlikely to be quaking in their boots after watching the climax to this strange encounter. After Jonny Evans had put United one up on 37 minutes (and levelled the aggregate scores), the game went into extra time and it was there that the drama began.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.