England and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leighton-Baines-c21987, has hailed Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s performance on Wednesday as one of the best that he had seen and insisted that there was very little one could do to stop him.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 were beaten 4-2 at the Friends Arena by Sweden in an international friendly match which saw the PSG ace hit the back of the net on four occasions.
His fourth strike is sure to be nominated as the goal of the season, as he successfully executed an overhead kick from almost 25 yards out, leaving the opposition and even his team-mates stunned.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-Welbeck-c10233 and Steven Caulker helped the visitors claim the lead.
After tucking in the equalizer, the Swedish captain belted a powerful free-kick into the net to reclaim his side’s advantage, before sealing the affair in stoppage time by conjuring a moment of magic.
Although the entire English team were left dumbstruck at Ibra’s fourth goal, Baines could not help but express his commendation for the striker.
He claimed that there was nothing much the defenders could do to prevent him from scoring and a performance of such kind merits praise from everyone who witnessed it.
“It was one of those special moments (Ibrahimovic's fourth) you are not going to see many of those and sometimes you have just got to applaud people like that,” the Evertonian told the reporters in an interview.
“It is tinged with a bit of sadness that I was on the losing side today. He is a fantastic player and it was his night tonight, fair play to him.”
The defender’s remarks were further echoed by his compatriot, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leon-Osman-c22041, who on Wednesday made his debut appearance for the Three Lions.
Although he admitted that it was not a kind of start he was hoping for to his international career, he too had only praising remarks for Ibrahimovic.
“He (Ibrahimovic) seemed really up for the game tonight and when a player of that quality is up for a game it is difficult to stop them,” the midfielder is reported to have said.
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