Nathan Ake made his debut for Manchester City in their opening Premier League match of the season against Wolves.
City were without a number of key players as they began their Premier League campaign at Wolves tonight with a hard-fought 3-1 away win.
Guardiola had seen his squad weakened by a combination of injury and the coronavirus missing their outstanding cutting edge in Sergio Agüero, and with Riyadh Mahrez, Aymeric Laporte and Ilkay Gündogan all in various stages of Covid-19 recover
With Aymeric Laporte and Eric Garcia unavailable, Pep Guardiola handed a Premier League debut to summer signing Nathan Ake at centre-back.
Despite struggling with a hamstring problem for much of his City debut, he looked calm and composed at the back—exactly what City were looking for this summer.
Made a terrific block as Neto drove forward dangerously, but like Stones he looked exposed during periods in the second half as Wolves started threatening.
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Nathan Ake was fantastic— Quarantina Turner (@Jxhntourage) September 21, 2020
Solid debut by Nathan Ake👌🏾— KG (@AlarconHagi) September 21, 2020
Ake, what a signing— Branden 🏴 (@Gracious_Gabby9) September 21, 2020
What a performance from Aké! Welcome @NathanAke 🔥🔵— J.S (@MCFCBaller) September 21, 2020
Great start for the Blues. Ake very promising— Lawrence 🐝🇬🇧🇨🇦🇪🇺 (@munkey_boy) September 21, 2020
Great to start the season with a win. Looked very good, everyone at it. Ake looks very comfortable on the ball. KDB impressive as ever, what a player #MCFC— Carl Stanny (@carlstanny) September 21, 2020
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