LAFC's El-Munir needs surgery after Ibra elbow

LA Galaxy star Zlatan Ibrahimovic got into the face of LAFC assistant Zak Abdel after scoring a hat trick against the Galaxy's city rivals. Brian McBride discusses how the league should handle the elbow by Zlatan Ibrahimovic that resulted in a cracked skull for LAFC's Mohamed El-Munir. LAFC defender Mohamed El-Munir needs surgery to repair a broken cheekbone sustained in his team's 3-2 loss to the LA Galaxy on Friday night when he was struck by Zlatan Ibrahimovic's elbow as the two players went for a header. The 27-year-old Libyan left-back visited a specialist on Monday, and the operation to correct a zygomatic fracture likely will take place this week, according to a team official. The injury occurred in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time as both players leaped to...

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