Zlatan Ibrahimovic has denied intentionally elbowing Tyrone Mings during Manchester United’s draw __with Bournemouth.
The Red Devils were made to settle for yet another home draw after Josh King’s penalty cancelled out Marcos Rojo’s opener.
But the major talking point came just before half-time, when Mings and Ibrahimovic clashed.
Mings appeared to stamp on the United striker while he was on the ground, __with referee Kevin Friend failing to spot the incident.
Ibrahimovic appeared to seek retribution almost immediately when he elbowed Mings while challenging for a header.
Friend punished neither player and after the match, Mings denied that there was any intent in his clash with Ibrahimovic.
The United striker has also spoken out to plead his innocence.
He told MUTV: “With the elbow situation, I jump, I protect myself. I jump very high, he jumps into me. I think he jumps backwards, I jump straight up, Unfortunately, he jumps into my elbow.”
“Hopefully he is not inured. These situations happen. I go for the ball, and unluckily he jumps into my elbow. It was nothing on purpose, there’s nothing to do about it now and hopefully he is not injured.”
Zlatan to #MUTV: "I went for the ball and it was unlucky he jumped into my elbow. But it was nothing on purpose… I hope he's not injured." pic.twitter.com/gpr1chUXhF
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) March 4, 2017