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Manchester United midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan will eventually shine at Old Trafford despite a tough start, according to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Mkhitaryan, 27, has made just one start in the Premier League -- in the 2-1 home defeat against Manchester City on Sept. 10 -- and one in the 4-0 Europa League defeat of Feyenoord on Thursday as he has struggled with fitness issues. The Armenia international arrived for around £25 million from Borussia Dortmund in the summer and manager Jose Mourinho has challenged him to show what he is capable of -- something his teammate Ibrahimovic believes will come easily. "I know who Miki is, I see it every day in training, so hopefully he showed everybody who he is and has the confidence to keep on doing that," Ibrahimovic was quoted as saying by The Mirror. "He was injured and he has been training very hard since, being very professional, so you just have to wait for your chance and, when you get your chance, you need to take it. "It is up to the coach who plays, because there are 25 players if I am correct, so the coach is the boss, he decides who plays. "He is a quality player, like every player in the team, but it is up to the coach who plays in the team. Like I said, he was injured for a while, but he has come back and he has been good in training, like everybody else."
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