Zlatan Ibrahimovic apologises to Manchester United fans after fifth booking rules him out of Arsenal game

Ibrahimovic’s fifth caution of the season means he will be suspended for the match against Arsenal in a fortnight’s time

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has apologised to Manchester United after picking up a booking that will keep him out of the clash with Arsenal.

The Swede, who scored twice against Swansea to help secure a much-needed 3-1 win at the Liberty Stadium, was booked in the second half after tangling with Leroy Fer.

That was Ibrahimovic’s fifth caution of the season meaning he will be suspended for the match against Arsenal in a fortnight’s time.

“In England, the football is hard, it’s physical. I just have to accept it. I’ve got to be professional,” he told MUTV .

“I’m sorry I am suspended for the next game.

“I wish I wasn’t as it’s a game I really wanted to play in.

“But I have trust in my team-mates and the team and I know they can do fine also without me.”

Jose Mourinho admits his big name striker proved him wrong during his recent goalless run.

He told MUTV: “I used to say that a striker who doesn’t score goals and does nothing else is one player less.

“But a striker that doesn’t score goals but does everything else is a very important player for the team. He wasn’t scoring goals but he was doing everything else.

“He was working defensively, in the build up and the second phase of the attack, he was giving assists and contributing towards the goalkeeper that was playing against us always being the man of the match.

“He was doing so many things that I wasn’t worried but today we needed goals and he got them.”