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Man Utd ace Ibrahimovic: We did our job as favourites at Blackburn

Zlatan Ibrahimovic said it was a great feeling for Manchester United to get the job done at Blackburn Rovers today.

The Red Devils fought back from a goal down to beat the Championship side 2-1 in the fifth round of the FA Cup at Ewood Park.

Marcus Rashford and second-half sub Ibrahimovic were the scorers for United as they produced a professional performance in Lancashire to advance to the cup quarter-finals.

"Every game since I have come to England has been tough," he said on BT Sport.

"Not one team just dominates the game. It is back and forth. You have to make less mistakes in order to win the game.

"Each game is special, especially in the FA Cup. Whether the team is in the Championship or Premier League it doesn't matter.

"As we saw on Saturday, not every team who is the favourite goes through and we had to make sure we did our job as the favourites and we did that."

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