Arriving this winter for 50 million euros from RC Lens, Abdukodir Khusanov is expected to be an important player in the coming years with Manchester City. This Saturday, the Uzbek defender had his baptism of fire against Chelsea in the Premier League. A high-stakes meeting that the 20-year-old defender got off to a very bad start.
Established alongside Manuel Akanji in the central hinge, the new number 45 of the Skyblues completely missed one of his first interventions which led to a Chelsea goal. Indeed, wishing to slip the ball to his goalkeeper with his head, the former Lensois finally gave the ball to Nicolas Jackson who served Noni Madueke who only had to finish in the empty goal. A gross error which disrupted the start of the match because, in the process, Khusanov lost another ball before receiving a yellow card. A disastrous beginning…