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Zlatan-Pogba combo key for Man Utd
- Updated: December 26, 2016
Manchester United’s star summer signings Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba are playing a key role in the team’s resurgence – and delivered again on Boxing Day.
The in-form pair had a hand in all three goals as United saw off David Moyes’ Sunderland 3-1 at Old Trafford.
Ibrahimovic set up two and scored another himself after being played in by Pogba.
Those contributions mean the duo have been directly involved in all seven of United’s goals across their past three games, after Ibrahimovic struck twice at West Brom and both found the net at Crystal Palace.
But their influence stretches back further than that.
United’s 3-1 win at Swansea in early November appears to have been a turning point for Jose Mourinho’s side – and the moment Ibrahimovic and Pogba came to the fore.
Prior to that game United had failed to win eight out of 13 matches in all competitions. Pogba and …
