Zlatan Ibrahimovic admits he deliberately wiped out Azpilicueta and vows he’d do it again: “I did it on purpose. He did something stupid to my player. Acting big to my player. You don’t f* do that. You don’t have balls to do it against me. But I will show you what happens if you do it to me.

‘You don’t take the p*** out of somebody laying [on the ground]. You don’t attack a dog that doesn’t talk. Attack the one able to do something. It’s too easy to pick on my teammates who are 20 years old and very nice guys. I hope he understands now. I will do it again. 100%.”

Zlatan is now banned for Sweden’s crucial first play-off match but he still has no regrets.