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Zlatan downs stubborn Zorya
- Updated: September 29, 2016
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s sixth goal the season was the difference as Manchester United laboured to 1-0 victory over Zorya Luhansk in Thursday’s Europa League tie at Old Trafford.
It took United 69 minutes to register an attempt on target but when it came it proved decisive as Ibrahimovic headed substitute Wayne Rooney’s scuffed shot home from close range.
Ukrainian outfit Zorya failed to live up to their minnow status, producing a gutsy display, although that was due mainly to United’s lethargic approach.
However, it was a night of positives for Jose Mourinho as United moved to within a point of Group A leaders Fenerbahce with their first Europa League victory of the season.
For the second game running there was no Rooney in the United starting XI as Mourinho fielded a strong side featuring Ibrahimovic, Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba.
Yet despite their star-studded line-up, United struggled to scale the …
