Zlatan Ibrahimovic was sent off for slapping Michael Petrasso during the first half of LA Galaxy's 1-0 Major League Soccer victory over Montreal Impact. Ibrahimovic slapped Petrasso in the side of the head before going down holding his foot, but the referee sent the incident to the Video Assistant Referee. After Video Review, Zlatan Ibrahimovic receives a red card for violent conduct. #MTLvLA https://t.co/qF8UcCZYuy — Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 21, 2018While Petrasso was only booked, Ibrahimovic was shown a straight red card for violent conduct with the scores still goalless. The Galaxy still went on to claim the points without Ibrahimovic courtesy of Ola Kamara's 74th-minute goal - his fourth in as many games.

Source: Evening echo May 22, 2018 12:55 UTC