Watch: Ibrahimovic fires curling effort past diving Pickford
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Jordan Pickford had no chance once the ball left Zlatan Ibrahimovic's boot as the Manchester United forward opened the scoring Sunday with a quality strike past the Sunderland net-minder.
9 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic has now scored nine goals in his last eight Premier League appearances away from home for @ManUtd. Super. pic.twitter.com/SIOi9yRaLh
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 9, 2017
The 35-year-old picked up his 17th Premier League goal - the most by a United player since the 2013-14 campaign - when he worked his way around Billy Jones and Lamine Kone before curling his shot into the far corner of the goal to make it 1-0 after 30 minutes.