Match ends, Montreal Impact 0, LA Galaxy 1.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent off as LA Galaxy beat Montreal Impact
- From the section Football
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was sent off by the video assistant referee for slapping an opponent as LA Galaxy beat Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer.
Michael Petrasso stood on the ex-Manchester United striker's foot in the 40th minute, prompting Ibrahimovic to hit him in the face - and then both players to go down, apparently injured.
After watching a replay, referee Ismail Elfath showed captain Ibrahimovic the 13th red card of his career.
Ex-QPR player Petrasso was booked.
Ola Kamara scored the game's only goal as the Galaxy beat Remi Garde's Impact.
Ibrahimovic, 36, was sent off three times for each of Paris St-Germain, Inter Milan and AC Milan, twice for Juventus and once for Barcelona.
He was never dismissed for United - but was given a three-game ban for elbowing Bournemouth's Tyrone Mings after avoiding punishment at the time.
Line-ups
Montreal Impact
- 1Bush
- 24PetrassoBooked at 41mins
- 33DonadelBooked at 68mins
- 22RaitalaBooked at 71mins
- 18DuvallSubstituted forJackson-Hamelat 64'minutes
- 6Piette
- 9SilvaSubstituted forVargasat 75'minutes
- 13Krolicki
- 8Taïder
- 14Edwards
- 10Piatti
Substitutes
- 4Camacho
- 11Jackson-Hamel
- 16Vargas
- 21Mancosu
- 23Diop
- 25Béland-Goyette
- 28Shome
LA Galaxy
- 1BinghamBooked at 87mins
- 22Klimenta
- 28Ciani
- 16Skjelvik
- 4Romney
- 2KitchenBooked at 37mins
- 17LletgetBooked at 22minsSubstituted forPontiusat 64'minutes
- 7AlessandriniSubstituted forBoatengat 64'minutes
- 8J dos Santos
- 11KamaraSubstituted forHilliard-Arceat 90+1'minutes
- 9IbrahimovicBooked at 41mins
Substitutes
- 5Steres
- 14Carrasco
- 19Pontius
- 20Hilliard-Arce
- 24Boateng
- 41vom Steeg
- 88Almeida Machado
- Referee:
- Ismail Elfath
- Attendance:
- 20,801
Match Stats
Home TeamMontreal ImpactAway TeamLA Galaxy
- Possession
- Home56%
- Away44%
- Shots
- Home23
- Away7
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away4
- Corners
- Home13
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away7
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Montreal Impact 0, LA Galaxy 1.
Corner, Montreal Impact. Conceded by Emmanuel Boateng.
Attempt blocked. Saphir Taïder (Montreal Impact) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution
Substitution, LA Galaxy. Tomas Hilliard-Arce replaces Ola Kamara.
Corner, Montreal Impact. Conceded by Michael Ciani.
Attempt blocked. Saphir Taïder (Montreal Impact) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jeisson Vargas.
Samuel Piette (Montreal Impact) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ola Kamara (LA Galaxy).
Booking
David Bingham (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Jeisson Vargas (Montreal Impact) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Saphir Taïder.
Raheem Edwards (Montreal Impact) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ola Kamara (LA Galaxy).
Attempt missed. Ken Krolicki (Montreal Impact) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ignacio Piatti.
Attempt missed. Raheem Edwards (Montreal Impact) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Anthony Jackson-Hamel with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Jeisson Vargas (Montreal Impact) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Anthony Jackson-Hamel.
Attempt missed. Ignacio Piatti (Montreal Impact) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Saphir Taïder with a headed pass.
Attempt saved. Saphir Taïder (Montreal Impact) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Samuel Piette with a headed pass.
Corner, Montreal Impact. Conceded by Michael Ciani.
Attempt blocked. Jeisson Vargas (Montreal Impact) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Montreal Impact. Conceded by Emrah Klimenta.
Goal!
Goal! Montreal Impact 0, LA Galaxy 1. Ola Kamara (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emmanuel Boateng with a headed pass.
Substitution
Substitution, Montreal Impact. Jeisson Vargas replaces Alejandro Silva.
Attempt missed. Marco Donadel (Montreal Impact) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Michael Petrasso.
Offside, Montreal Impact. Ignacio Piatti tries a through ball, but Anthony Jackson-Hamel is caught offside.
Booking
Jukka Raitala (Montreal Impact) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ola Kamara (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jukka Raitala (Montreal Impact).
Attempt blocked. Ignacio Piatti (Montreal Impact) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Evan Bush.
Attempt saved. Ola Kamara (LA Galaxy) with an attempt from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Emmanuel Boateng with a cross.
Booking
Marco Donadel (Montreal Impact) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Chris Pontius (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Marco Donadel (Montreal Impact).
Corner, Montreal Impact. Conceded by Dave Romney.
Substitution
Substitution, LA Galaxy. Emmanuel Boateng replaces Romain Alessandrini.
Substitution
Substitution, LA Galaxy. Chris Pontius replaces Sebastian Lletget.
Substitution
Substitution, Montreal Impact. Anthony Jackson-Hamel replaces Chris Duvall.
Attempt blocked. Ignacio Piatti (Montreal Impact) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Saphir Taïder.
Foul by Saphir Taïder (Montreal Impact).