Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola spoke about the defender’s debut Abdukodira Khusanov in the match with Chelsea (3:1).
The Uzbek footballer, who was a starter, made a mistake in the episode with the first goal of the London team in the 3rd minute, and in the 4th minute he received a yellow card. I replaced it with the 54th Giovanni Pietre.
He doesn’t speak English, so I didn’t talk to him. Did you think about replacing it within the first five minutes? Well, I have to learn Russian or Uzbek to communicate with him. He’ll be fine. He only did one or two training sessions.
I made the substitution for two reasons, mainly because of the yellow card. Not due to errors. I need John [Стоунз] for Wednesday’s match against Club Brugge because Omar Marmos, Husa and Vitor Reis will not be able to play.
The players were together. This was very important. Any player can make a mistake. Manchester City fans always support new players. He’s so young. He will learn.
