Penilla, Revs dust Dynamo
The Revolution didn’t win a game on the road last season until the last day of the regular season, but this year’s squad under new coach Brad Friedel has seemingly changed its tune.
Teal Bunbury scored his first goal of the season to cap a blazing counterattack and new winger Cristian Penilla scored his first MLS goal to propel the Revs to a 2-0 victory over the 10men Dynamo last night in Houston.
Matt Turner was credited with six saves to earn the shutout, as the Revs moved to 2-1-1 on the season.
Midfielder Luis Caicedo began the 15th minute break that gave the Revs the lead — leading a 4-on-2 break and then feeding Penilla on the right flank, who crossed for Bunbury to tap home.
Penilla’s speed led to a game-changing red card in the 35th minute. Sent clear behind the Dynamo defense, veteran U.S. international
DaMarcus Beasley bundled Penilla over from behind to get sent off.
Penilla did it all on his goal in the 71st minute, juking on the left side deep in the penalty area before cutting to his right and blasting a rising shot over Houston keeper
Chris Seitz . . . .
In other MLS action,
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice in his MLS debut and the LA Galaxy rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat LAFC, 4-3, in Carson, Calif.
Ibrahimovic won it with a header in the opening seconds of stoppage time after tying the match at 3 in the 77th minute when he caught LAFC goalkeeper Tyler Miller out of his goal and scored on a 40-yard kick.
It was a stunning reversal after the first meeting between the first-year expansion team and five-time MLS Cup winners looked as if it would be a rout in favor of the newcomers, with Carlos Vela scoring twice in the first half . ...
Elsewhere, Scott Sutter’s shot deflected off Josue Colman for the go-ahead goal in the 86th minute, sending host Orlando City past the New York Red Bulls, 4-3, for its first victory this season.
Dom Dwyer had two goals for Orlando City (1-2-1). Aaron Long pulled the Red Bulls (2-2-0) even in the 82nd minute with a short header to finish Marc Rzatkowski’s free kick . ...
In Columbus, Ohio, former Revs striker Kei Kamara scored the go-ahead goal in the 78th minute and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat the Crew, 2-1 . ...
Maximiliano Moralez had a goal and an assist and New York City FC beat the Earthquakes, 2-1, in San Jose, Calif.
Man City on cusp
Now it’s on for Manchester City to win the English Premier League in the earliest and sweetest way possible: Victory over Manchester United in next Saturday’s derby will seal the trophy for Pep Guardiola’s runway leader.
City can secure its third title since 2012 with six games to spare thanks to the Manchester rivals both winning yesterday. Alexis Sanchez scored after setting up Romelu Lukaku’s opener as United beat Swansea, 2-0. City then cruised over Everton at Goodison Park, 3-1, with Leroy Sane, Gabriel Jesus and
Raheem Sterling scoring inside the first 37 minutes.
Liverpool remained two points behind United — having played an additional game — after Mohamed Salah completed a comeback at Crystal Palace to win 2-1 . . . .
Lionel Messi kept alive Barcelona’s unbeaten streak in the Spanish league by coming off the bench and scoring an 89th-minute equalizer to draw with Sevilla, 2-2.
Rallying from 2-0 down with Luis Suarez scored Barca’s the first in the 88th minute, the Catalan side’s streak is now 30 matches, and they now have a 12-point lead over Atletico Madrid . ...
With Robert Lewandowski scoring a hat trick, Bayern Munich all but secured its unprecedented sixth consecutive German Bundesliga title after routing Borussia Dortmund, 6-0.