Jose Mourinho has admitted that it was “unfair” for Zlatan Ibrahimovic to miss out on playing in the Europa League final for Manchester United on Wednesday night.

The Swedish forward missed out due to injury after having to undergo knee surgery earlier in May and being ruled out for a number of months.

It meant that the 35-year-old striker missed out on the chance to feature for the Red Devils in his native homeland of Sweden as they lifted the Europa League trophy on Wednesday night.

Goals from Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan wrapped up the victory for Mourinho’s men to secure them the trophy and seal their spot in next season’s Champions League.

And Mourinho admitted that he felt sorry for Ibrahimovic after he was forced to watch the final from the sidelines.

Speaking at his post-match news conference at the Friends Arena, Mourinho said: “I think it’s so unfair what happened to him. Sometimes football is unfair, sometimes life is unfair. I think it’s so unfair.

“I think for him, this night would be an amazing night if he was on the pitch.

“In his hometown, in the stadium where his statue will be, his first club when he left Sweden [Ajax], his actual club, Manchester United, a season where he made an amazing impact. I’m really, really sorry about Zlatan not playing this final.

“But he played, he played outside with crutches, with the other guys, Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw, Ashley Young, Eric Bailly, they were playing behind the bench, they were shouting, doing everything.

“On top of that, Zlatan, in Swedish, told the ball boys in the second half to take it easy. So, even outside he was playing for us.

“I’m so pleased he finally gets in his amazing career a European trophy.”

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