Coach Pep Guardiola explained why he let rookie center-back Abdukodir Khusanov play from the beginning in the Premier League in Man City’s 3-1 victory over Chelsea last night.
Coach Guardiola launched Khusanov from the beginning after only a few days at Man City
Khusanov has become the first Uzbekistan player in the history of the city as well as the Premier League arena. The 20-year-old star kicked with Manuel Akanji in a center-back position in a 3-1 victory over Chelsea in the 23rd round of the Premier League last night after completing the 33.6 million transfer transfer from the Lens on the day. Two.
However, Khusanov had a bad start when he made a mistake in a header to return the ball to Ederson so that Nicolas Jackson stole the ball and passed it to Noni Madueke to score the opening score at the 8th minute. Khusanov also received a yellow card in the unauthorized situation of Cole Palmer in the 4th minute.
The Uzbekistan midfielder seemed to have gradually stabilized in the next minutes of the match. However, a decision may have been planned in advance, coach Guardiola replaced him with John Stones in the 54th minute.
Speaking after the match, the Spanish strategist explained why he believed to let Khusanov play from the beginning – and declare that the defender could only join “one or two” training sessions Practice with the team before being selected.
Khusanov had nearly an hour of performance before being withdrawn to make way for John Stones
“Khusanov doesn’t speak English, so I didn’t talk to him. He’ll be fine. He only participated in one or two training sessions with the whole team. I didn’t want to let John Stones, who had just returned from injury, get out.” The stadium has an important match in the Champions League group stage (against Club Brugge) on Wednesday,” coach Guardiola shared.
“The players are together – it is extremely important. Any player can make mistakes. Man City fans always support new players. He is very young – he will learn to learn Asked from mistakes, “the Spanish strategist added.
In the match last night, coach Guardiola also launched rookie Omar Marmoush, the striker has just moved from Frankfurt for £ 59 million on Thursday and has just had a new team with his new teammates. The Egyptian star kicked in the position of the public replacement Kevin de Bruyne and performed quite well.