MANCHESTER, England (AP) — New Manchester City signing Abdukodir Khusanov endured a horrible introduction to the Premier League when his mistake gifted Chelsea a goal inside three minutes on Saturday.

Abdukodir Khusanov threatened to make headlines for all the wrong reasons on his Manchester City debut but only an offside flag denied Omar Marmoush a dream beginning with the club in an entertaining 3-1 Premier League win over Chelsea.

PEP GUARDIOLA took a big gamble by throwing £92.5 million worth of new talent straight in for this top four showdown. It threatened to back-fire when Uzbek defender Abdukodir Khusanov made a major

Manchester City have completed the signing of defender Abdukodir Khusanov from Lens. On January 10, The Athletic reported City had reached an agreement worth €40million (£33.7m; $40.8m) plus bonuses with the Ligue 1 club for the signing of Khusanov.

Manchester City’s new signing Abdukodir Khusanov was "one of the top three centre-backs in Ligue 1" and "has everything" to succeed in England.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola expressed confidence in defender Abdukodir Khusanov, despite the 20-year-old giving away a goal in his Premier League debut against Chelsea before being rescued by his teammates as they came back to win 3-1.

The expression on his face was one of pure shock. Abdukodir Khusanov looked like he had just been woken up and thrown straight into a bare-knuckle fight in his pyjamas.

New Manchester City signing Abdukodir Khusanov endured a horrible introduction to the Premier League on Saturday.