Zlatan Ibrahimovic appeared desperate to score another wonderstrike on Tuesday night but had to settle for a simple header during Sweden 's 3-1 friendly win over Iran . The PSG frontman , who scored an incredible overhead kick against England in 2012 , attempted to score a similarly impressive acrobatic goal but was foiled twice by the Iranian defence . However , Ibrahimovic did find the net at the Friends Arena , heading home at the back post to give Sweden the lead on 11 minutes . Zlatan Ibrahimovic appeared desperate to score one of his trademark wonderstrikes for Sweden on Tuesday . Ibrahimovic produces an impressive acrobatic strike during Sweden 's friendly victory over Iran in Stockholm . The PSG striker attempted another overhead kick but was foiled by the Iran defence at the Friends Arena . Ibrahimovic and Iran defender Morteza Pouraliganji crash to the floor following the striker 's acrobatics . Ibrahimovic celebrates during Sweden 's friendly victory over Iran having settled for a simple header . Ibrahimovic headed in at the back the post to give Sweden the lead against Iran at the Friends Arena . Sweden 's talisman runs and punches the air to celebrate after finding the back of the net at the Friends Arena . Sweden 's No 10 scored and made another in a slick first-half performance , where the vast majority of the 33,773 crowd at the Friends Arena were cheering for the away team . Sweden is home to more than 60,000 people who were born in Iran , and together with their children and grandchildren they packed the stands , outnumbering the Sweden fans and creating a cascading wall of noise for much of the match . Ibrahimovic silenced them , albeit temporarily , when he gave Sweden the lead in the 11th minute . His clever pass found Erkan Zengin , whose chipped return was powerfully headed home by the Sweden captain at the far post , despite the best efforts of Iran goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi to keep it out . Marcus Berg , currently playing his club football for Panathanaikos , slides in to double Sweden 's advantage . Ibrahimovic skilfully holds off the challenge of Iran 's Vahid Amiri during Sweden 's friendly victory . Zlatan turned provider 10 minutes later , heading Pierre Bengtsson 's cross into the path of Marcus Berg , who swept home with a deft first-time finish . Minutes later the huge contingent of Iranian fans roared in delight as their team reduced the deficit via a penalty , with captain Javad Nekounam thumping home the spot kick after Vahid Amiri was brought down in the box by Andreas Granqvist . Reza Ghoochannejhad came close to equalising early in the second half , bundling the ball past goalkeeper Robin Olsen only to see it come back off the foot of the post . Iran coach Carlos Queiroz urged his sideon from the edge of the technical area , but Ola Toivonen put an end to their hopes with a towering header from Sebastian Larsson 's cross just before fulltime . Iranian fans celebrate in the stands after Javad Nekounam ( third right ) scored from the penalty spot . Ola Toivonen climbs highest to powerfully head home Sweden 's third goal with just a minute to go . And here 's when Ibrahimovic did find the back of the net with a propeller shot against England ...
Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring during Sweden 's friendly win . The PSG frontman tried two audacious overhead kicks against Iran . Marcus Berg and Ola Toivonen also scored for hosts at the Friends Arena .