Zlatan almost equalled Messi’s record.But the ref had other ideas.About halfway through United’s match against Middlesbrough he leaped high in the air like a demented salmon and unleashed a kung fu kick of terrible ferocity- and scored.Unfortunately the ref was of the opinion that the kick was too high and that the distance between Zlatan’s foot and the goalie’s head was too close for comfort.
He disallowed the goal.
Replays showed that the goal should have stood.
Mourinho was aghast,bemused etc and his firm belief that all the EPL refs have got something against his team was given further confirmation.
United went down by a goal shortly after that and things looked a bit bleak until late goals from Pogba and Martial gave them a well deserved win.
They head into 2017 with five wins in a row.
And Messi ended the year one goal ahead of Zlatan.
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