PREMIER LEAGUE
United break draw drought
Veteran Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic provides inspiration for Jose Mourinho’s side
London — Manchester United put a spate of recent draws behind them to boost their top-four hopes with a routine 3-0 victory at bottom club Sunderland to move fifth in the Premier League on Sunday. Once again, it was veteran Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic who provided the inspiration for Jose Mourinho’s side, scoring the opener and setting up a late goal for Marcus Rashford. Henrikh Mkhitaryan was also on target while Sunderland had Seb Larsson sent off shortly before halftime. Six draws in their past nine league games had eroded United’s hopes of a top-four finish and victory over Sunderland was imperative if they were to stay in touching distance. They were frustrated for 30 minutes but once Ibrahimovic produced a clinical finish for his 28th goal of the season in all competitions they were untroubled. "The result was good. We resisted the results of Saturday when Manchester City and Liverpool won, they left us in a position of ‘yes’ or ‘no’. It was ‘yes’," Mourinho said. "We got three p...
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