Zlatan Ibrahimovic apologises for booking that rules him out of Manchester United v Arsenal

Image: Zlatan Ibrahimovic was booked for his foul on Leroy Fer

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has apologised for the yellow card that rules him out of Manchester United's clash with Arsenal a week on Saturday, live on Sky Sports 1.

A 76th-minute tangle with Leroy Fer led to Ibrahimovic picking up his fifth yellow card of the season in Sunday's 3-1 victory at Swansea - a match in which the 35-year-old Swede scored twice.

It means he will be serving a one-game ban when the Gunners visit Old Trafford on November 19, in a game which will be live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 11.30am.

And Ibrahimovic told MUTV: "You know what? Every time I try to play my game by being strong and going into the tackles, or whatever it is, I get a yellow card.

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"I don't know what the explanation was because I think I was too tired and I didn't hear him (referee Neil Swarbrick).

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"It is what it is. In England, the football is hard, it's physical.

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"I just have to accept it. I've got to be professional. I'm sorry I am suspended for the next game. I wish I wasn't as it's a game I really wanted to play in.

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Image: Ibrahimovic will miss the clash with Arsenal a week on Sunday

"But I have trust in my team-mates and the team and I know they can do fine also without me."

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