{"id":297438,"date":"2017-02-26T19:05:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T19:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=297438"},"modified":"2017-02-26T19:05:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T19:05:37","slug":"zlatan-double-wins-efl-cup-for-man-utd-against-resilient-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/zlatan-double-wins-efl-cup-for-man-utd-against-resilient-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"Zlatan double wins EFL Cup for Man Utd against resilient Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a dramatic 87th-minute winner as Manchester United edged Southampton to win the EFL Cup in a pulsating Wembley final.<\/p>\n
Ibrahimovic had given United the lead with a sublime free-kick before Jesse Lingard made it 2-0 from the edge of the box after Marcos Rojo’s cut-back.<\/p>\n
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Yet Southampton staged a remarkable fightback, Manolo Gabbiadini tucking home through the legs of David de Gea shortly before the interval.<\/p>\n
Southampton equalised when Gabbiadini, a \u00a314m buy from Napoli earlier this month, held off Chris Smalling before spinning and scoring with a low finish, before Ibrahimovic’s powerful header from Ander Herrera’s cross.<\/p>\n
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The Saints had been denied a third goal when the score was 2-2 when Oriol Romeu headed against the post from a corner.<\/p>\n
The win secured Jose Mourinho his first major trophy in his first season as United manager.<\/p>\n
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Manchester United match-winner Zlatan Ibrahimovic:<\/b> “This is a team effort. This is what I came for – to win and I am winning. The more I win the more satisfied I get.<\/p>\n
“You appreciate it more the older you get. Wherever I have gone I have won. I think this is trophy number 32 for me.<\/p>\n
“This is what I predicted. My friend, I keep doing it. I’m enjoying it in England.”<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a dramatic 87th-minute winner as Manchester United edged Southampton to win the EFL Cup in a pulsating Wembley final. Ibrahimovic had given United the lead with a sublime free-kick before Jesse Lingard made it 2-0 from the edge of the box after Marcos Rojo’s cut-back. Yet Southampton staged a remarkable fightback, Manolo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n