Zlatan Ibrahimovic apologised for a "bad day" that will prove even more costly should the Manchester United striker face retrospective Football Association action.

A week on from his match-winning performance in the EFL Cup final, the 35-year-old was making headlines for the wrong reasons after ugly clashes and wasting the chance to turn a 1-1 draw against Bournemouth into a much-needed win.

Ibrahimovic's penalty was saved by the impressive Artur Boruc and the striker could have been sent off after catching Tyrone Mings with an elbow shortly after the Cherries defender landed on the back of his head.

The striker denied wrongdoing but accepted complicity in United's undercooked display.

"It was very disappointing," Ibrahimovic said. "I take full responsibility for missing goals and missing the penalty. I have no problem with taking the blame. That is the game.

"I should have scored. We created a lot of chances. The penalty is the one I am most angry about. But I just have to keep my head up and continue to work hard and there is a new game on Thursday. Hopefully, we didn't repeat what we did today.

"We had a great chance to get into the top four but we didn't. The whole team are very disappointed.

"The opportunity will come. We just have to keep going and when we are there I think we will stay there.

"Last week we had a fantastic week and it could be the effect of that you saw here, maybe we were too confident, I don't know."