Ander Herrera has backed Zlatan Ibrahimovic to end his scoring slump
Sunday 30 October 2016 23:32, UK
Ander Herrera is confident Zlatan Ibrahimovic will soon rediscover his scoring touch for Manchester United.
The Swedish star has failed to score in his last six league matches, which is his worst scoring run since he was at Inter Milan in late 2007.
Ibrahimovic missed a gilt-edged opportunity late in United's 0-0 draw at home against Burnley on Saturday as Jose Mourinho's side extended their winless run in the Premier League to four games.
The 35-year-old striker has looked out of sorts in recent weeks and Herrera insists his United team-mates still have complete faith in him.
"I think if one player can get back and pass this moment it's him because of his attitude, his character, the way he works," Herrera said.
"I have no doubt he is going to score a lot of goals for us. But it is not only him - we have missed a lot of chances, not only him.
"He is giving us a lot of things for the team. Some of the chances we created came because of him, so we cannot tell him anything.
"We have to say that we have one of the best strikers in the world and his attitude, his character, is top."
United had 37 attempts against Burnley but could not find a way past the inspired Tom Heaton, ending a month that started with a 1-1 draw at home to Stoke in a similarly frustrating manner.
Herrera says "both draws felt like defeats" yet remains confident United are going in the right direction, even if fortune is seemingly not on their side.
"The dressing room was completely disappointed because of the way we played," he said. "Four points we deserved to get easily, Stoke and Burnley.
"Today there are no words. I think we have to get the heads up because we have done a lot of good things.
"But it's very, very hard to go home now and I am not going to be able to sleep, for sure, because I am going to have those missed chances playing around in my head.
"I was talking with Juan [Mata] and we both agreed we never have left something like that on the pitch and not got a result.
"We controlled the game for 90 minutes. Not to score a goal was unbelievable.
"We have the luck against us right now but we have to keep playing like we did here and against Stoke and hopefully one day we can get a fair result - 5-0 or 6-0."
Herrera was sent off for the first time in the Premier League after referee Mark Clattenburg deemed him guilty of two yellow-card offences.
"Two fouls in the game," he said of his two yellow cards. "Both of them I didn't want to make. The first yellow card I bent my knees, I didn't want to kick the opponent.
"The second, I slid in. But I don't want to complain because I don't want to be banned for more games.
"The only thing I can say is that I didn't want to make those fouls. I am not a violent player. I slipped."
