It was quite a night for LA Galaxy striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
In an eventful LA Derby that saw the Galaxy take down their in-town rival LAFC, Zlatan scored a natural hat trick in the 3-2 win.
There’s no doubt the Zlatan was pumped. He said as much after the game stating, “when you play against a rival like that, in a full stadium, I get pumped. I get adrenaline,”. Zlatan continued, “This is considered to be the biggest game in the league and I show up in the biggest games. I am in play-off mode every day.”
In the immediate aftermath though, Zlatan went after an LAFC coach telling him to “fuck off” and “go home you little bitch”.
Damn…
Zlatan doesn’t hesitate to run his mouth. Before the match, he ripped into the competition level in the MLS saying:
“MLS is not the level of Europe, to be honest. Before, I played with players either on my level or close to it which makes the game connect easier. Here, I am like a Ferrari among Fiats. And it can happen that the Ferrari can become the Fiat, or the Fiat can become the Ferrari. I had the same issue with the national [Swedish] team, though not as much.”
LAFC captain Carlos Vela — who scored two goals in the game — wasn’t ready though to proclaim the former Manchester United forward as the best in the MLS.
Heres what Vela said after the game (ESPN):
“Comparing would show a lack of respect towards him, but if we look at the stats and forget age and whatever, I’m better than him right now, that’s the reality,” Vela, 30, said after the game.
Think what you want of Zlatan though, the guy can back up the shit talk on the field. At 37-years-old, he’s also still one fo. the more exciting players not just in MLS, but the entire world.
