Football is a funny old game. It wasn’t that long ago when Zlatan Ibrahimovic was being lauded as Manchester United’s new hero. However, against RSC Anderlecht it is fair to say he had an off-night in the Europa League, and everything that he tried just didn’t come off.
In the dying embers of the game, Ibrahimovic was subbed off with a nasty looking knee injury which kind of summed up his evening. It was a real shame and at first glance, it certainly looks like it could be a serious one.
Anyway, back to his performance as a whole this evening. At times this season, he has defied the odds with some outstanding performances, but he definitely looked every bit a 35-year-old. Whether that’s the long and hard season catching up on him remains to be seen.
He gave the ball away far too easily. He missed golden opportunities and his usually excellent link-up play wasn’t there either.
Now, the Manchester United faithful have taken to social media to give their opinion on the performance of the Swede, and it’s fair to say he is coming in for plenty of stick. Most of it, I agree with unfortunately.
Have a look at the tweets aimed at Ibrahimovic here:
Ibrahimovic has been piss poor, again.
— Ben. (@BenGrace_) April 20, 2017
Ibrahimovic has been so poor today. Really shocked at this performance given he was rested on the weekend #EuropaLeague
— Jimish Shah (@Jimish_170792) April 20, 2017
I'm more worried about losing Rojo than Zlatan right now…
— The United Girl (@TheMUnitedGirl) April 20, 2017
If Zlatan cant even score its literally playing with 10 men as he does fuck all else
— Mike (@Mike87_MUFC) April 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/UnitedStandMUFC/status/855157591659470850
Praying Zlatan goes to America not gonna lie, and ill maintain that even if he scores a hatrick second half
— Mike (@Mike87_MUFC) April 20, 2017
No coincidence that Sunday Zlatan was benched and it was our best perfoemance of the season
— Steve (@Steve_Marsh3) April 20, 2017
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