Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said that referee Lee Mason should apologise to him for disallowing his strike against Middlesbrough, a goal that would have seen him level Lionel Messi as the top goal scorer in the calendar year of 2016.
Ibrahimovic scored 50 times for Paris Saint-Germain and United, while Barcelona forward Messi ended the year on 51, meaning the 35-year-old Swede was just one short.
United went on to win the match 2-1, but the game was goalless when Ibrahimovic had a first-half strike ruled out for a high foot, as goalkeeper Victor Valdes came out to try to block.