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Zlatan Ibrahimovic says 'simple mistakes' cost Man United against Liverpool

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic admits that Man United were not at their best against Liverpool

Zlatan Ibrahimovic says "simple mistakes" cost Manchester United in the 1-1 draw against Liverpool at Old Trafford, on Sunday.

Ibrahimovic's 14th league goal of the season cancelled out James Milner's first-half penalty and extended United's unbeaten run in the Premier League to 12 games.

The result leaves Machester United sixth in the Premier League, five points behind third-placed Liverpool, and the former Sweden international believes his side got their tactics wrong at the start of the match.

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"We got one point, but we were not on the top of our game," Ibrahimovich said. "It was a hard fight, we were 1-0 down and we chased and, at the end, we got the equaliser.

"We made simple mistakes. We were not feeling comfortable under pressure and I think we played the wrong way.

"If we would have played like we did in the second half in the first half, it would have been a different game.

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"We were more direct in the second half. We made too many mistakes in our build-up in the first half."

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Ibrahimovic, who has 19 goals from 29 appearances in an increasingly impressive season, added: "We would have liked to win, of course, to close the gap even more, but we haven't lost a game for a long time."

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