However, the Red Devils got the last laugh as self-proclaimed “god of Manchester” Ibrahimović netted the victor at the 83rd with a perfect-angled header against Leicester captain Wes Morgan off a brilliant looping cross from Ecuadorian talisman Antonio Valencia, as per ESPN.
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Jesse Lingard’s opening goal will be replayed more frequently than anything Bailly did, but the defender had a major presence in a game which saw Jose Mourinho lift his first trophy as United manager.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrated his first “competitive” goal for Manchester United on Sunday as the Swede netted an 83 minute victor to secure Jose Mourinho’s first silverware of the season in the annual curtain raiser.
“The first half was much better than the second which doesn’t surprise me because the team is not fit enough and in condition to keep the stability in the game”.
Mourinho justified the move by claiming he needed to sub off the smallest player on the field to deal with long balls, but former Tottenham and Fulham midfielder Danny Murphy told BBC Sport he believes there is more to it. We worked hard to win the FA Cup and that means you also get to play this game and we wanted to win it.
Claudio Ranieri’s 5,000-1 outsiders caused one of the greatest upsets in sporting history when they won the Premier League last season, but bookmakers and pundits have shown them little respect ahead of the new campaign.
Manchester United hired Jose Mourinho and signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic to bring a winning mentality and trophies to a fallen English giant.
And Fuchs reacted: “I think it was a good performance and we had our chances, a couple more chances than United”.
Ibrahimovic had been on the periphery for much of the game as Jesse Lingard added to his FA Cup final victor with an impressive solo strike to put United ahead against the Premier League champions.
‘Perhaps it is the biggest club I’ve played at. I feel very good.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic at Wembley Stadium, London, August 7. I experienced a bunch of players just as hungry as last season.
Premier League champion Leicester tended to when Marouane Fellaini’s odious back-pass let Jamie Vardy into round David de Gea and score.
Schweinsteiger has found himself outside Mourinho’s 26-man squad and with the arrival of Paul Pogba the former World Cup victor seems destined to be a major casualty of the new era at United.
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“Zlatan will be more unsafe when we are more dominant and play closest to the box”.
