Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Tyrone Mings charged with violent conduct by FA

Following the game, Ibrahimovic told the BBC: “Listen, what happens on the field stays on the field”.

Both players protested their innocent after the game with Ibrahimovic claiming that Mings “jumped into my elbow”. “It is not my intention to hurt someone”.

United dominated the early exchanges and took the lead after 24 minutes when the Cherries failed to clear a corner and Antonio Valencia’s shot was diverted into the net by Marcos Rojo’s boot.

Former Arsenal great Robert Pires has advised Antoine Griezmann against joining Manchester United and instead wants him to see in an Arsenal shirt next season.

Mings and Ibrahimovic have been charged with misconduct by the Football Association and face suspensions after a niggly battle that could have resulted in both receiving red cards.

On the elbowing incident, Mings added: ‘If he says he didn’t mean it, then he didn’t mean it.

Not at all. I would never do that.

But the charge will not impact on Ibrahimovic’s availability for European games as United travel to Russian Federation this week where they face Rostov in the Europa League. The game is hard and I’m not here to blame anybody else.

A moment of controversy came in the 45th minute when Andrew Surman received his second yellow card for unsportsmanlike conduct and was sent off.

“I am not critical at all, I am just saying a team with one player less give up the play, gives up to try to win and defend with everything they have and it was what they did”.

“I’m telling you all the talk about Everton for me makes nonsense”, said Mourinho. “We felt pressure of the clock running down and lost the quality of our attacking football”.

Leicester’s resurgence continued as they beat Hull 3-1 to pull five points clear of the relegation zone. We are very disappointed and we should have won.

United manager Mourinho will rue his star striker’s spot-kick failure and how his team have not been clinical in front of goal.

Bournemouth, who were almost without manager Eddie Howe in the dugout due to illness, hung on to register their first point in five matches.

Wilfried Zaha and Andros Townsend struck in the second half as Sam Allardyce’s Crystal Palace moved three points clear of danger with a 2-0 success at West Bromwich Albion.

Part one of the trilogy has already been achieved after last month’s EFL Cup triumph and United now face a Europa League double header against Russian club FC Rostov sandwiched either side of next Monday’s FA Cup clash at Chelsea.