He arrived as a competitor to Guardiola and immediately failed. Pep: ‘We didn’t talk, he doesn’t know English!’

Despiteč win Manchester City (3-1) against Chelsea newcomers Abdukodir Khusanov (20) fumbled at the first goal of the match, a Pep Guardiola he couldn’t avoid being asked about it after the game.

The Uzbek misjudged the flight of the ball, and then tried to return the ball to the goalkeeper with his head, which Nicolas Jackson read and employed Madueke, who did not have a difficult task to put the ball into an empty net. However, Guardiola was not critical of the young stopper.

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– It’s not easy for him. He trains once and then plays against Jackson and Palmer, Madueke and Sancho. That’s part of the process when you buy such a young player. Naučit će. Such moments are the best lesson you can get – he said and added:

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– He doesn’t speak English, so I didn’t talk to him. He only did one or two training sessions. I didn’t want to push John Stones who is coming back from injury. Each gameč can make mistakes, and fans always support new games. He is young, he will learn.

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Khusanov arrived at City this winter for 40 million euros from Lens. “Citizens” will play a key match on Wednesday Champions League against Club Brugge at home. Guardiol and company must win to advance to the knockout stage.