Romelu Lukaku, Paul Pogba and fellow Manchester United stars report for lunchtime training at Carrington base after arriving back from Bristol at 5am amid nightmare travel disruption

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Manchester United stars reported to training just six and a half hours after arriving home following a nightmare journey back from Bristol.

There was no respite for Jose Mourinho's men after their last-gasp defeat to Bristol City on Wednesday night in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals. 

After arriving back in the north-west at 5am on Thursday morning, the likes of Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who all featured in the loss, were pictured reporting for training between 11:30am and 12:30pm ahead of their fixture with Leicester on Saturday.

Victor Lindelof and his Manchester United team-mates were pictured arriving at Carrington

Zlatan Ibrahimovic drives into the training base looking glum and wearing a woolly hat

Paul Pogba puts his hood up as he arrives at Carrington following their 2-1 loss by Bristol City

Pogba and his United team-mates endured a horror journey back from Bristol on Wednesday

Romelu Lukaku appeared dejected as he made his way into the club's training base

The United stars appeared in a dejected and glum mood as they got back to the grind in the cold and drizzly conditions following their shock defeat to the Championship outfit.

The Premier League stars will be desperate to put the last 24 hours behind them following their horror journey home from Bristol.

The Old Trafford outfit were due to fly to Manchester on a private jet following the quarter-final defeat, but instead arrived back in the early hours of Thursday morning after being driven home on the team coach as their flight was cancelled due to fog. 

The disruption followed a chaotic journey to Bristol on Wednesday morning, with United's plane being diverted to Cardiff due to heavy fog. 

As a result of their diverted flight on the way to Bristol, the coach that had planned to pick them up had to re-route to Wales and bring Paul Pogba and Co back across the border – adding an hour to their journey.

Lukaku failed to get on the scoresheet on Wednesday as United crashed out of Carabao Cup

Matteo Darmian drives his red Jeep into the training ground on Thursday afternoon

Juan Mata drove compatriot Ander Herrera to training as United stars went back to work

England's Marcus Rashford puts his mirror and hood up on arrival at Carrington

United chose to fly to the south west on the day of the game with the Championship outfit, rather than head down the day before and stay overnight at a hotel.

After their flight was cancelled following the 2-1 loss at Ashton Gate, Lukaku and Co were forced to make a 174 mile trip by road back to their Carrington base. The journey is likely to have taken almost three-and-a-half hours, whereas the flight time is just 50 minutes. 

Mourinho will be desperate for his Red Devils side to return to winning ways on Saturday when they take on Leicester at the King Power Stadium in the Premier League. 

United currently sit second in the top flight, 11 points behind neighbours and runaway league leaders Manchester City after 18 games.

Korey Smith scored an injury-time winner as Bristol City knocked United out of Carabao Cup

Mourinho will be desperate for his side to return to winning ways against Leicester on Saturday