• Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice as Sweden eased past minnows Moldova

• Swedish striker took advantage of goalkeeping error as he headed opener

• Ibrahimovic doubles Sweden’s lead from the penalty spot on 84 minutes
• But, Sweden’s Andres Granqvist saw red in second-half injury time

A bizarre headed goal from Zlatan Ibrahimovic put Sweden on the road to a 2-0 victory over Moldova in their Euro 2016 Group G qualifier in Chisinau on Friday, with the striker also netting a late penalty.

Sweden’s captain gave his side the lead immediately after halftime when Moldova goalkeeper Ilie Cebanu’s attempt to deal with a back pass failed to clear the front-man.

Ibrahimovic reacted with lightning reflexes to head the ball into an empty net from the edge of the penalty area to notch his 52nd goal in 102 international appearances.

Bottom of the group on a single point, Moldova chose to defend deep for most of the game and created little, their occasional forays forward on the counter-attack failing to trouble the Swedish rearguard.

Ibrahimovic almost doubled his tally in the 75th minute, but his thunderous free kick found Cebanu in a less generous mood and he swatted the ball away to safety.

Cebanu continued to redeem himself, performing a smart double-save to deny Sweden substitutes Marcus Berg and Emil Forsberg in the 81st minute.

But there was little he could do in the 84th minute when winger Forsberg was upended and Ibrahimovic smashed home the resulting penalty to secure the win for Sweden.

With group leaders Austria winning 5-0 away to Liechtenstein, the result means the Swedes stay in second place on nine points, four behind the Austrians.

Source: dailymail.co.uk

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