Things aren’t exactly great for Los Angeles Galaxy at the start of 2018 MLS season. Although they have acquired Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the team has been struggling and only managed to win five games out of 13 played. The struggles continued on Wednesday night when Galaxy suffered a 2-3 defeat to FC Dallas.
Ibrahimovic, who came back from a suspension in the match against Dallas and scored two goals, didn’t shy away from his part of the responsibility for Galaxy’s poor form.
“I don’t want to blame nobody,” – said the 36-year-old forward after the game. “I blame always myself when we are not winning. I’m one of many who has to do much more than what I am doing. So I keep working hard and keep pushing.“
According to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the fact that they are losing games to inferior teams makes it harder for him and his teammates.
“The thing is if we play against a team like Real Madrid or Barcelona and we lose, I will say, ‘Yeah, we did the hard work, we tried everything we did,’ but we’re not playing against those teams,” – said Ibrahimovic. “Because the quality [of the MLS opponents] is not so high, and they’re not better than us. Opposite, we’re better than them, but they’re winning the games, and that’s the difference.“
“How do you fix it? By winning the game, hopefully” – he added.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic joined LA Galaxy from Manchester United in March 2018, and immediately showed the impact he could have by scoring two goals in his debut. Ibrahimovic played 9 games in MLS and scored 5 goals in total.
