A LATE GOAL from debutant Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave Manchester United a 2-1 win over Leicester City in Sunday’s Community Shield clash at Wembley.
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United have confirmed Pogba has been cleared for a medical ahead of his reported world-record £100m transfer from Juventus and the arrival of the Frenchman can only enhance Jose Mourinho’s squad further after Sunday’s morale-boosting success.
Jesse Lingard, who scored the final goal of the Louis van Gaal era with the victor in the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace, put United ahead before half-time when he ran 40 yards and beat four men to slot home.
Mata was introduced on 63 minutes for opening goalscorer Jesse Lingard, who had taken a knock to his foot, but was hauled off in injury time for Henrik Mkhitaryan as the Premier League champions pushed for an equaliser.
Lingard opened the scoring in the first half, before Jamie Vardy latched on to an terrible backpass from Marouane Fellaini to equalise.
“I didn’t come here to lose time”.
“No one remembered they were there because of me but I remember I win this trophy because someone won before me and allowed me to be here”.
Ibrahimovic is set to turn 35 years old in October, but the Swede is showing no sign of letting age catch up with him as Manchester United bank on him to produce a special season.
“It feels good”, said Ibrahimovic after the traditional curtain-raiser to the English season.
“Sometimes, during my career, I created some unrealistic targets”, said Mourinho.
And despite only being at Old Trafford for a matter of days, Ibrahimovic admits he senses something special is being built under new boss Jose Mourinho.
It is always tricky to put too much stock into a Community Shield game, due to the low level of importance attached to it in competitive terms.
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Claudio Ranieri’s men had grown into the game after a slow start, but they were undone by a moment of genius from Lingard, who opened the scoring after a miraculous solo run.
“Zlatan will be more unsafe when we are more dominant and play closest to the box”.
83′ – GOAL! Leicester 1-2 Manchester United: It’s that man Zlatan with a powerful header into the bottom corner from Valencia’s cross from the right.
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“They’re excellent players. We’re interested but I’m sure there’s a load of other clubs that are as well”.
