Zlatan Ibrahimovic lived up to the bravado on Friday, scoring all three goals to power the LA Galaxy to a hard-fought 3-2 victory over MLS rivals Los Angeles Football Club.
The unstoppable 37-year-old showed heโs still capable of astounding feats by dominating the smaller LAFC defence and scoring when it counted the most for his second career MLS hat trick.
โWhen you play against a rival like that, in a full stadium, I get pumped. I get adrenaline. This is considered to be the biggest game in the league and I show up in the biggest games,โ said Ibrahimovic.
Ibrahimovic, who has a flair for the dramatic since the big Swede joined the MLS in 2018, boasted prior to Fridayโs game that he is โby farโ the best player in the league despite Carlos Velaโs superior stats. Read more