Ibrahimovic gets Man Utd relocating in Europa League
Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates scoring their initial idea opposite FC Zorya during Old Trafford on Sep 29, 2016.
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MANCHESTER: Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic headed in a 69th-minute leader as a English giants got their Europa League debate off a belligerent with a strained 1-0 home win over Zorya Luhansk on Thursday.
Beaten 1-0 during Feyenoord in their Group A opener, Jose Mourinho’s side struggled to mangle down their unadventurous Ukrainian opponents until a introduction from a dais of Wayne Rooney.
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The England captain’s mishit shot was headed in by Ibrahimovic to leave United a indicate behind organisation leaders Fenerbahce, who revisit Old Trafford on Oct 20.
“It was difficult,” pronounced Mourinho. “We had a chances in a initial half. We could have scored and it would have been a opposite match. But we didn’t. They kept organized and had copiousness of players behind a ball, though with players prepared to do something on a counter-attack. It was formidable and we indispensable to win.
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“One week, 3 defeats. One week, 3 victories. But we was not vexed by a defeats and we am not over a moon with 3 wins.”
It was a distant from smooth opening from United, though it confirmed their upswing in form following a new run of 3 true defeats that had broken their early-season momentum.
Zorya, UEFA group-phase debutants, became United’s 100th continental opponents, and a outcome did not defect a visiting team’s manager, who suggested that he is happy with a opening of a players.
“I was really happy with my guys’ performance,” pronounced beaten manager Yuriy Vernydub, whose side are now second in a Ukrainian Premier League. “We played during a same turn as Manchester United. In my eyes a diversion was a draw, since a idea was a bit of a stupid one.”
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