David de Gea is 6ft 4in but even he looks up to Zlatan Ibrahimovic – quite literally. There is an expression on the Manchester United goalkeeper’s face that says as much as he does. “When you see Zlatan up close, he’s even more imposing than on the television,” De Gea says, puffing out his cheeks, raising his brow and rolling his eyes. At Old Trafford, the shift has been striking, the goalkeeper admitting that they look like a different team now. It can seem like he’s not there, he’s not there, and then he goes and scores the decisive goal.

Source: The Guardian September 09, 2016 15:11 UTC