In the 23rd round of the Premier League, Man City defeated Chelsea despite Abdukodir Khusanov’s mistake at the start of the game.
At the post-match press conference, Pep Guardiola spoke about the episode involving the Uzbek defender.
According to the Spaniard, he did not talk to Khusanov, because he does not speak English.
" Fortunately, the opponent did not punish us and did not make an account 0: 2. After that we recovered emotionally and showed a good performance.
We owned the ball more compared to previous games. It was very important.
Khusanov doesn't speak English, so I didn't talk to him. He'll be fine. He conducted only one or two training.
I did not want to overload John Stones, who returned after the injury, taking into account the game to the next Wednesday (against Bruges in the Champions League -.
The players were together. This was extremely important. Any player can make a mistake. Fans always support new players. He is very young, he will learn.
PEP also commented on the probability of additional signatures in the winter transfer window.
“I don't want this. “I want injured players to return,” Guardiola concluded.
We will remind, earlier it was reported that Guardiola spoke about Man City's expenses.