LA Galaxy - Postmatch

SeanJohn on Zlatan. Strikes the right tone, I think.

Both players were shown a yellow card for unsporting behavior. Here's what Johnson said after the match:​

“I think you guys will watch the replay and decide for yourselves," Johnson told the media. "But at the end of the day, in the heat of the battle, you want to do what you can to protect the guys, make sure we see the game out no matter what and make sure they know we are here to play, we are not going to be walked over.

"I think in any moment, anybody is up for the challenge, including myself," Johnson continued. "And you know, Zlatan is a talented player, he obviously knows what he is doing, he is a clever boy and you know, it is a part of the game. I would be frustrated if I were him too, you know. Can’t blame him for his frustration at that point in the game.​

"Obviously our boys did a job today to keep him off the scoresheet and he is only happy when he is scoring, so job done, we will take the three points and go back. I think we can look back and say we got the best out of the whole situation today.”​
 
It was a foul but they were outside the box by the time Chanot kicked Ibra. And when you are Ibra you are not getting the benefit of the doubt there.

Glad the team didn’t go after Ibra after the choke. We were up comfortably so risking cards would have been supremely stupid.

This match was almost a little boring given out total domination in the first half and LAG’s lack of imagination in the second.

Heber is definitely adding more value than Treats, but Treats does advance the ball well, presents danger, and he also defends/wins the ball back. Not unhappy with him at all.

Chanot and Sands and Callens are so solid. Love how they allow Tinner and Mata to release forward. Mata still needs more quality on his final touch, but everyone, top to bottom, played well today.
Sorry dude, it was in the box (both bodies are two-three feet inside of the box) and it was a foul, and the ref blew it calling the foul on Ibra and not Chanot, when Ibra got there first and a Chanot kicked through his leg. Chanot and NYCFC dodged a massive bullet because that should have been a PK.



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Sorry dude, it was in the box (both bodies are two-three feet inside of the box) and it was a foul, and the ref blew it calling the foul on Ibra and not Chanot, when Ibra got there first and a Chanot kicked through his leg. Chanot and NYCFC dodged a massive bullet because that should have been a PK.



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Chanot's injury histrionics to the rescue again!
 
Chanot's injury histrionics to the rescue again!
And yet even taking them in to consideration, a ref with half a brain would question how Chanot was fouled if the front of his shin was injured and the back of Ibra’s calf. Did he think Ibra dropped the leg ala WWF wrestling?
 
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This season is feeling like 2016. Not a lot of wins at home, but a lot of wins at the road. Don’t feel great about the team early. Because the formulation and tactics work on bigger fields. Vieira learning about the players and team. Dome learning about the players and team. Feel better about the team late. Just need to need more home games.

Matt Doyle saying early we will not make the playoffs.

We were 2nd in the East in 2016. Let’s do that again.
 
Sorry dude, it was in the box (both bodies are two-three feet inside of the box) and it was a foul, and the ref blew it calling the foul on Ibra and not Chanot, when Ibra got there first and a Chanot kicked through his leg. Chanot and NYCFC dodged a massive bullet because that should have been a PK.



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I stand corrected. Didn’t look like it on the original replays.
 
And yet even taking them in to consideration, a ref with half a brain would question how Chanot was fouled if the front of his shin was injured and the back of Ibra’s calf. Did he think Ibra dropped the leg ala WWF wrestling?
It's PRO :shrug:
 
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I do think the season still has time to go bonkers. ?LAFC is looking to be tops in the west for the long haul, but SKC will fall into form and make a run while the East is a crap shoot. DCU looking vulnerable. Even Toronto is slowing down while NYC NJ and ATL have heated up. East will probably end up looking a lot more like July of last year than the first few months of 2019.
 
I do think the season still has time to go bonkers. ?LAFC is looking to be tops in the west for the long haul, but SKC will fall into form and make a run while the East is a crap shoot. DCU looking vulnerable. Even Toronto is slowing down while NYC NJ and ATL have heated up. East will probably end up looking a lot more like July of last year than the first few months of 2019.
This is shaping up to be an enjoyable and interesting season. Lots of storylines in the conference, lots of teams currently in the picture. Our team is shaping up to be a remarkable story, just when all hope was lost and absolutely nobody thought Dome should be given another training session, things turn around entirely and hope is restored.
Whether this run lasts or not, this has become an intriguing story to follow.
 
It’s incredible to me the range of outcomes on Chanot.

To a man, I think Callens is consistently the best CB in MLS. Because he plays where he does, the fanboys don’t talk him up.

But when Chanot is healthy both physically and mentally, he has another level on all of them. I know Ibra is 37, when Chanot destroyer him yesterday.
 
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It’s incredible to me the range of outcomes on Chanot.

To a man, I think Callens is consistently the best CB in MLS. Because he plays where he does, the fanboys don’t talk him up.

But when Chanot is healthy both physically and mentally, he has another level on all of them. I know Ibra is 37, when Chanot destroyer him yesterday.

Chanot, Callens, Seba, even Brilliant. I wish our scouts could kill it with their LB signings the way they do with their CBS.