Mourinho: ‘Ibrahimovic should stay with us next year too…’

The issue ruled the Armenia global out of the EFL Cup final victory over Southampton and will see him sit out upcoming matches against Bournemouth and – more likely than not – Rostov over the coming week.

“We haven’t given up hope (in the Premier League) this year”.

Jose Mourinho’s former side have a comfortable lead at the top – 10 points clear of second-placed Tottenham.

It was understood that the Glazer family, the owners of the club, were in favour of extending Mourinho’s stay at the Old Trafford. Paul Pogba collected his eighth domestic booking of the season at Leicester, making him the closest to a suspension.

Red card: Surman (45’+1′).

Like United, Bournemouth are free of suspension worries for Saturday’s clash.

“I was given Roy Keane’s No. 16 shirt, but that wasn’t really an issue”.

So the fact that the Manchester United boss is employing a “good cop, bad cop” approach with a number of his United players could prove to be a huge mistake. Rojo, waiting at the right spot, only had to guide the ball to the Bournemouth nets to find his first goal of the season. Phil Jones and Henrikh Mkhitaryan are the last two players off the treatment table, even though they may not start or feature on Saturday.

Shaw has not started a Premier League game for United since October and has not featured at all for the Red Devils since their 4-0 FA Cup fourth round victory over Wigan Athletic in January.

Carrick played conductor once more, exchanging passes with Pogba and laying the ball out to Antonio Valencia, whose drilled attempt into the box was turned home by Rojo.

Bournemouth have lost their last four Premier League matches – they haven’t lost five successive league games since March 2013, while in the third tier.

Callum Wilson is still out with a cruciate ligament injury and Adam Federici is also still sidelined.

More of the same followed as Bournemouth held on for a heroic draw, with Boruc keeping out a Zlatan Ibrahimovic penalty 20 minutes from time to add to a string of impressive stops during the game.

Tyrone Mings escaped any approach from the referee after an apparent stamp on the head of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Bournemouth winger Jordon Ibe is fit after a knee injury, but manager Eddie Howe says he will make a late call on “one or two other concerns”.