Jose Mourinho praised a trio of players in particular after Manchester United's 1-1 draw with Everton.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his fourth goal in his past three Premier League outings to make it six in his past five in all competitions, lobbing an onrushing Maarten Stekelenburg with expertise.

But it was not only the veteran striker who received the plaudit from manager Mourinho on who was another positive, yet ultimately disappointing day for the Red Devils.

He said of Zlatan: "He's playing like the team is playing.

"The team is playing very, very well and the players are playing well. I would say [Phil] Jones and [Marcos] Rojo were magnificent.

"Jones for many years doesn't play five matches in a row and Rojo last season was left-back, on the bench and at home and in this moment he's had five consecutive matches also playing central defence, so we had phenomenal performances and a very good solid performance as a team."