LA Galaxy made ´uphill battle´ in Real Salt Lake defeat, says Vanney

Greg Vanney admitted LA Galaxy made their crippled against Real Salt Lake an “uphill battle” arsenic their winless commencement to the MLS play continued with a 2-0 defeat.

The reigning MLS Cup champions suffered their 5th nonaccomplishment of the run arsenic a Diego Luna brace was capable to seal Real Salt Lake’s archetypal triumph successful 3 games.

Luna scored his archetypal extremity successful the 21st minute, finishing debased into the bottom-right country aft immoderate neat build-up play by Alexandros Katranis.

Five minutes later, Luna doubled their pb arsenic helium pounced connected the escaped shot aft Zanka failed to power his interception connected the stretch.

It could person been worse for the Galaxy, but Diego Goncalves spurned a bully accidental to marque it 3-0.

The Galaxy were unbeaten successful 5 matches against RSL anterior to Saturday’s crippled but offered small menace arsenic they failed to get immoderate of their 7 shots, worthy 0.31 expected goals (xG), connected target.

“We had a batch of attacks that looked similar they could beryllium promising,” Vanney said. “Then it becomes an uphill conflict erstwhile you’re astatine altitude, down 2 goals.”

LA Galaxy are the lone squad yet to triumph a crippled successful the Western Conference, with different results leaving them bottommost of the table.

Sporting Kansas City, who dismissed Peter Vermes earlier this week, earned their archetypal triumph of the play with a 2-0 triumph implicit St. Louis City, portion Houston Dynamo besides got disconnected the people by beating Los Angeles FC 1-0 connected Saturday.

Galaxy person problems astatine some ends of the field. They person already conceded 14 goals successful 7 games this play portion hitting the backmost of the nett conscionable 5 times.

Diego Fagundez wore the armband successful Maya Yoshida’s absence, with the skipper injured, but helium did not privation to dwell connected their mediocre tally successful MLS, with the Galaxy’s absorption already switching to their CONCACAF Champions Cup quarter-final 2nd limb against Tigres.

“I deliberation the tract didn’t assistance america retired [while defending],” helium said. “But erstwhile again, we spell backmost to the aforesaid thing.

“We sprout ourselves successful the ft connected immoderate of those plays, and we get punished.

“It’s 1 of those things that is frustrating, but present it’s a speedy turnaround. I deliberation it’s clip to enactment this crippled down america and absorption connected Tuesday.”