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Substitute Abu Danladi scored in the 89th minute as Minnesota United dealt the Montreal Impact’s playoff hopes a body blow with a 3-2 victory before a sellout crowd of 20,801 at Saputo Stadium on Saturday night.

Blerim Dzemaili put Montreal ahead 2-1 in the 55th minute, but Christain Ramirez responded in the 68th and Danladi got the game-winner as he stepped around Laurent Ciman and beat Evan Bush with a blast from the right side.

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Patrice Bernier had the opening goal for Montreal (10-12-6), which lost a fourth game in a row — three of them at home. The Impact’s schedule doesn’t get easier as they play at first-place Toronto on Wednesday night and at Atlanta next Saturday.

Christan Ramirez also scored for Minnesota (8-15-5), which was coming off a 3-0 loss Wednesday night in Vancouver.

The Impact came out strong and got a goal nine minutes in when Anthony Jackson-Hamel slipped the ball into the 18-yard box to Dazemaili, who side-footed it to Bernier at the far post to score from close range. It was the Impact captain’s first regular-season goal since 2013, although he had two during the 2015 playoffs.