Two former Manchester United strikers went head-to-head during a fiery Milan derby on Tuesday night.
Christian Eriksen’s stoppage-time free-kick secured Inter Milan a 2-1 Coppa Italia win over rivals AC Milan.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic got into a spat with Romelu Lukaku and was later sent off.
The Swede got the eventful evening going with a strike in the 31st-minute to put the Rossoneri ahead in the derby.
But just before half-time Ibrahimovic clashed with Lukaku, after the two were teammates under Jose Mourinho at Manchester United.
At one point their heads were pressed against each other, which resulted in a booking for the pair — but Ibrahimovic didn’t recieve his marching orders until he fouled Aleksandar Kolarov just before the hour mark.
A penalty in the 71st minute saw Lukaku draw things level.
Ibrahimovic and Lukaku really clashed towards the tunnel at half-time. The Belgian screamed something foul-mouthed about the AC Milan forward and his wife.
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Lukaku can be heard repeatedly saying: “You want to speak about my mother?”, which in the grand scheme of things isn’t very nice. Sport Witness editor Annie Eaves makes a very valid point below following the altercation:
It’s hard to know what Ibrahimovic said to truly rile his former United team-mate but I don’t think the pair will be expecting to exchange Christmas gifts this year.
There’s no arguing which one of the strikers Mourinho prefers…
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