Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez scored a double this Sunday, with which he scored goals 200 and 201 in his career in club competition, but the LA Galaxy stumbled upon a 2-2 draw against Sporting Kansas City after the Mexican striker fail to in the 97th minute a key penalty that he shot to ‘Panenka’.
Is dramatic tie complicates the path to the playoffs for the Galaxy, which is still eighth in the MLS Western Conference but is now three points behind the Portland Timbers, who are seventh (with two more games) and who on this day defeated the AtlantaUnited.
The afternoon had started off wonderfully. Chicharitowho signed his both 200 in his career in clubs (not counting the national team) when he put the Los Angeles team ahead in the 14th minute after being left alone against the goalkeeper after a great assist from the Spanish Víctor Vázquez.
However the KC, Penultimate in the West but who had won three of his last four games, tied the game in minute 67 with a penalty from Johnny Russell due to a handball from Derrick Williams.
The game got even more difficult for the Galaxy when the Colombian Philip Hernandez he scored the second for the visitors in the 76th minute after a great individual play down the left wing.
The Galaxy have had a very irregular and ups and downs, but one of his qualities has been never giving up games and knowing how to recover points in the last minutes.
Thus, goalkeeper John Pulskamp brought down Kévin Cabral inside the area in the 87th minute and Chicharito got the tie from eleven meters.
There was still time to finalize a epic comeback and the Galaxy had the ideal opportunity with another penalty, this time by Kayden Pierre.
Chicharito aimed to be the hero of the Galaxy with a triplet and a victory ‘in extremis’, but his ‘Panenka’ style didn’t go well and Pulskamp stopped the ball.
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the mexican battering ram apologized immediately to the fans of the Galaxy, but after the game boos were heard in the stands due to a new disappointment for the Los Angeles team.
