The inquest into Manchester United's disappointing season began as soon as David de Gea saw his decisive penalty saved in the Europa League final shootout on Wednesday night.
The Red Devils needed victory in this tournament to validate this campaign as some sort of a success - yet they went down 11-10 to Villarreal in the lottery of penalties after the match ended 1-1 following extra-time.
It would be unfair to blame De Gea for his failure from 12 yards - nobody would have expected the shootout to go 22 penalties long - but there is fair scrutiny on his inability to save spot-kicks.