Omar Marmoush and Abdul Qadir Khusanov participated for the first time with Manchester City days after moving to Pep Guardiola’s squad, in the match against Chelsea on Saturday.
Khusanov’s start was disastrous in every sense of the word, while Marmoush presented a good match that was close to ideal considering that it was his first experience with City.
Khusanov made a disastrous mistake in the first 5 minutes and caused Chelsea’s first goal, and then he made another mistake and received a yellow card.
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As for Marmoush, from the first moments he created danger on Chelsea’s goal, and crowned it with a goal, but it was canceled due to offside.
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The Egyptian international remained on the field for 74 minutes, which means that he gained Guardiola’s trust, and he was indeed one of the best players for the English club in the match.
Marmoush touched the ball 28 times, his passing accuracy was 91%, he created a dangerous chance on goal, and won 5 out of 8 duels with Chelsea players.
The Egyptian star will now rest for a week before another summit in London against Arsenal, and he will not participate against Club Brugge on Wednesday due to his lack of European registration.
