Twitter Offers Mixed Reactions To Zlatan-Onuoha Incident
Apr 29, 2019, 10:19 AM | Updated: 10:21 am
Zlatan Ibrahimovic #9 of Los Angeles Galaxy yells at Nedum Onuoha #14 of Real Salt Lake after scoring a goal during the second half of a game at Dignity Health Sports Park on April 28, 2019 in Carson, California. (Photo by Katharine Lotze/Getty Images)
(Photo by Katharine Lotze/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Real Salt Lake defender Nedum Onuoha and LA Galaxy striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic made international headlines when the two got into a spat during and after Sunday’s match.
The incident began when Ibrahimovic brought down Onuoha during the game, leading to a yellow card on the Swedish-born superstar.
Later in the match, Ibrahimovic scored what became the decisive goal in the 78th minute and proceeded to taunt and have words with Onuoha.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic went into the locker room apparently to apologize to Nedum Onuoha for fouling and taunting him during the game. Nedum wanted no part of his apology. #mls #RSL #rsltid pic.twitter.com/F2zcmPTbC2
— Jeremiah Jensen (@JJSportsBeat) April 29, 2019
Afterwards, Ibrahimovic entered RSL’s locker room to apologize for his actions in the game, but Onuoha refused to accept his apology.
Fans React
Fans of the game took to social media to offer mixed reactions from the ordeal.
Some fans admired Ibrahimovic’s passion and killer instinct.
Zlatan is a god change my mind I’ll wait
— 🔴TheRealJackForbes🔴 (@Jackobite12) April 29, 2019
Zlatan is the only reason the MLS is interesting
— Ben Rose (@Roser23) April 29, 2019
when you’re a no-name defender in the MLS and you just got Zlataned of course you’re going to be butthurt, Zlatan just made you look like a fool…
— Conner (@Conyemos) April 29, 2019
The greatest talk trash, and the mentally strong aren’t phased by it! #Zlatan #MLS #Galaxy
— Chad Wylie (@chadewylie) April 29, 2019
Others felt that he had crossed the line and had been doing so for quite some time.
Zlatan is just all talk, he is a loser!!
— Behrouz (@B3hr00z) April 29, 2019
Great player. Poor excuse for a human being though.
— RSL Nation (@TheRSLnation) April 29, 2019
zlatan is like that kid from upper primary who would boss around kids of lower primary 😂
— NoOne (@GOD_OF_98) April 29, 2019
Real Salt Lake will face the LA Galaxy again on September 25 at Rio Tinto Stadium.
