LA Galaxy 7, Sporting Kansas City 2 | Summary of the match MLS 2019

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his third career MLS hat trick, Sebastian Lletget also scored for a brace and the LA Galaxy made a statement as he was moving over the Western Conference playoff line with a 7-game loss at Sporting Kansas City on Sunday night at Dignity Health Sports Park. .

Along the way, Ibrahimovic set a new record for the Galaxy club by scoring 26 goals, surpassing the 24 goals scored by Carlos Ruiz in 2002. He is now one of two LAFC players, Carlos Vela, in pursuit of the MLS Golden Boot 2019 presented by Audi. .

Joe Corona and Uriel Antuna added goals for the Galaxy, which climbed three places to fifth in the Western standings after starting the night off the playoffs at seven West teams. It was the third time Los Angeles had scored seven goals in an MLS game and the first since 1998, after a series of eight games in which they won just five points and slipped to the bottom of the conference standings. .

Felipe Gutierrez scored both goals for Kansas City, ending up on either side of seven unanswered goals from the organizers. Coach Peter Vermes' team is now six points behind the playoffs and there are only four games left.

goals

• 24 – SKC – Felipe Gutierrez | WATCH
• 32 & # 39; – LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic | WATCH
• 48 – LA – Joe Corona | WATCH
• 51 – LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic | WATCH
• 69 – LA – Uriel Antuna | WATCH
• 77 – LA – Sebastian Lletget | WATCH
• 79 – LA – Sebastian Lletget | WATCH
• 85 – LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic | WATCH
• 86 – SKC – Felipe Gutierrez | WATCH

Three things

• THE GREAT IMAGE: Sunday's result marks the seventh time in the history of MLS that a team has scored seven goals or more in an MLS match, and the second time of the season. The Galaxy is the only club to have done so many times, especially when it broke the MLS record for a club in its 8-1 win over the Dallas Burn on June 4, 1998. By The 7-1 victory they won In March, in Montreal, Sporting Kansas City became the first MLS club to have scored seven goals and seven conceded in seven different games in the same season.
• TIME OF THE MATCH: In retrospect, it's easy to forget that the SKC had a lead and was playing well for most of the first half when they had a bad chance, the ball hitting Matt Besler's arm in the penalty area. Although Besler does not know much about his handball, Ted Unkel had no choice but to point fingers. Ibrahimovic would score on a rebound after Tim Melia saved his kick.

• MAN OF THE MATCH: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, with an honorable mention to the winger Cristian Pavon. Despite all the turbulence that Ibra can cause, the great Swede continues to be present at the greatest moments of the galaxy. And my boy was this game a great moment. It's his second hat trick of the season, after also scoring all the goals of the Galaxy in a 3-2 win against LAFC on July 19th.

next

• THE: Saturday, September 21 against the Montreal Impact (10:30 pm ET | TVAS, MLS LIVE on ESPN + in the United States)
• SKC: Saturday, September 21 vs Colorado Rapids (8:30 pm ET | MLS LIVE on ESPN + in the US and DAZN in Canada)