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Khusanov ‘will be taught’ from Man Metropolis debut – Pep Guardiola

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Pep Guardiola has mentioned Abdukodir Khusanov “will be taught” after the younger defender’s nightmare debut towards Chelsea.

Khusanov gifted Chelsea a objective inside three minutes of his first Metropolis look following his £33.6m ($41.6m) transfer from Lens final week.

The 20-year-old Uzbekistan worldwide was booked for a foul on Cole Palmer only a minute later and was ultimately substituted early within the second half.

Metropolis recovered from their poor begin to win 3-1 due to targets from Josko Gvardiol, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden to maneuver again into the highest 4 of the Premier League.

“Properly, what I assumed shouldn’t be the perfect begin, proper?,” Guardiola mentioned.

“He’ll take a lesson. He is so younger, he is come for a few years. It isn’t the perfect begin in fact, however coping with [Nicolas] Jackson, with Cole ]Palmer], with all these unimaginable gamers shouldn’t be straightforward.

“He’ll be taught. He is younger, he’ll be taught, I am fairly positive. Take a lesson from that.”

Khusanov was compelled into an early debut at centre-back due to accidents to Rúben Dias and Nathan Aké. John Stones was solely match sufficient to be named on the bench.

Guardiola mentioned wants Stones to be out there for the essential Champions League conflict with Membership Brugge on Wednesday.

Khusanov shouldn’t be eligible to play within the Champions League and Dias and Ake remained sidelined, with Metropolis having to win to have an opportunity to progress from the league part after a tough marketing campaign.

“I’ve to be taught Russian or Uzbek to speak with him [Khusanov],” Guardiola mentioned.

“He does not communicate fluently in English. In this sort of state of affairs, there’s nothing a lot to say. He is aware of he made a mistake.

“What can I say? Do not do a mistake? He does not need to do it, so we all know that.

“I make a substitution primarily for the yellow card, not only for the error. I want John for Wednesday.”