Once again, it came down to a penalty and once again Ruben Amorim couldn't bring himself to look. There was no weird tactics board on his lap this time, just a vacant and vaguely hopeful look up into the Manchester rain.
A handful of minutes in to added time at a recognisably fractured and fractious Old Trafford and Amorim's Manchester United team were dancing with embarrassment for the second time in four days.
This time, at least, it was against a Premier League team. Wednesday's Carabao Cup exit had, of course, come after a penalty shoot-out at League Two Grimsby.