Zlatan impressed by ‘ MVP of game’

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is usually fierce and intimidating on the pitch but even he couldn’t help crack a smile as little sevenyearold Malea Emma let out a stunning rendition of America’s national anthem.

The 25,000 in attendance in the StubHub Center were left shocked as the little girl unleashed her surprisingly powerful voice and performanded a beautiful version of Star Spangled Banner before LA Galaxy took on Seattle Sounders, reports the Daily Mail.

Ibrahimovic, a father of two himself, could be seen smiling from ear to ear throughout the performance and gave a rousing round of applause afterwards.

The little singer wasn’t put off by the massive fireworks set off during the opening ceremony.

Ibra, clearly spurred on by the show, opened the scoring after just nine minutes, slotting in from the penalty spot after forward Ola Kamara was brought down in the box.

The Swede was then heavily involved in the second, combining with Romain Alessandrini to set up Kamara for a goal of his own to give Galaxy a 2- 0 lead by half time.

Galaxy went on to kill the game off shortly after starting the second half as just 52 minutes in, Emmanuel Boateng scored to make the score 3- 0 thanks to another assist from Alessandrini.

Galaxy won the match 3- 0. Zlatan later took to Twitter to congratulate title starlet Emma and called her the “MVP of the game”.