Jamie Carragher called Mings’ stamp on Ibrahimovic “horific”.
Carragher, speaking at half-time, said there was no excuse for what Mings appeared to do to Ibrahimovic.
“The one from Mings is just horrific – he deserved a smack for that one,” he said.
“It’s disgraceful, callous – stamping on someone when they’re on the floor.
When you’re getting criticism like that the press officer will be telling him to get out there, put your side to the story out there,” Carragher said.
“For how critical we are, there’s only one man who knows [if he meant it].
“The big thing for me is when you land on something or someone and you don’t expect it, it affects your reaction. When you stand on someone it feels completely different – there was no reaction from Mings when the ball got cleared.
“There are two things you do – you either panic and say you haven’t meant to do it. You go and speak to the player and you let the player know you didn’t mean it.
“The other one is, ‘I hope no-one has seen this’ and just carry on with the game. That’s where my suspicion comes from in that as the ball gets cleared he just carries on with the game. He knows he’s stamped on his head and there’s no reaction to apologise.”
Thierry Henry also spoke on thje incident, and felt the coming together had a big effect on the rhythm of the game.
“When you feel like someone has stepped on your head – intentional or not – you’re going to answer like that, although I don’t think it’s right,” Henry said.
“I don’t think I would have done it in the same way but I would’ve done something also if I felt someone had stepped on my head.
“But what came out of this whole ‘battle’ situation is that Bournemouth lost a player – the game at that moment became weird. Zlatan went onto miss a penalty. It had a massive impact on the game.”
