Zlatan to be unwrapped for City clash

Jose Mourinho is treating striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic with kid gloves by keeping the striker out of tonight’s Champions League clash with CSKA Moscow as Sunday’s top-of-the-table clash against Manchester City looms large, writes Rory Dollard.

The Red Devils officially need a point tonight to assure top spot and qualification, but only an extreme contrivance of results and goal difference would see them miss out on the last 16. Given that situation, Mourinho won’t risk the recovering Swedish striker tonight.

Ibrahimovic has made four substitute appearances since his earlier-than-expected