Manchester United fullback Luke Shaw has hailed the influence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic this season.

After taking his goal tally to 28 at Sunderland, the 35-year-old compared himself to Benjamin Button, the fictional character who ages in reverse.

"Listen, whatever he says he backs up," Shaw said with a laugh. "He always delivers and he delivers at the most important times.

"At Sunderland he was really good again, setting up (Marcus) Rashford's goal at the end and obviously scoring the important goal for us at the start.

"It is wonderful to have a great player like him in our team and hopefully he keeps going until the end of the season and helping us."