Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes Nico Gonzalez has learned to understand English football. And referees after the midfielder suffered an injury in the first 22 minutes of his debut.
City’s FA Cup trip to League One Leyton Orient saw Gonzalez make his debut after joining from Porto on transfer deadline day for £50million.
However, just midway through the first half, the 23-year-old Spaniard was tackled. By Sonny Perkins and fell on top of the opposition, leading to a late challenge and referee Darren Bond disallowing a foul. Leyton Orient took advantage
of the foul to score a goal, but Abdoukodir Kusanov and Kevin De Bruyne came from behind to win 2-1 and advance.
“What Nico learned today is football and Premier League referees,” Guardiola said in a post-match interview when asked about his player’s condition. “
I think Nico knows a bit about referees. คาสิโนออนไลน์ UFABET ฝากถอนรวดเร็ว เริ่มต้นเล่นง่าย. And it’s not easy to do certain things when you’re playing against a League One opponent.
“I know today it was even more difficult because the referee is not use to not having VAR. But there were one or two problems and one where we should have clearly had a penalty. If we didn’t win I wouldn’t talk about it. “
Nico understands English football perfectly now. I don’t know how hard he was kicked but it’s a shame he couldn’t continue.”