Zack Steffen was given his Premier League debut by Pep Guardiola today as Ederson was withdrawn from the squad along with 4 others of which 3 are confirmed positive Covid-19 cases. The outbreak at Manchester City means we are seeing players that we might not have seen before in the League like defender Luke Mbete-Tabu taking Nathan Ake’s place on the bench. City’s away game to Chelsea kicked off at 16:30 and got off to a shaky start for the American goalkeeper as he managed to pick the ball up in the 4′, the only problem was it was a back pass that he picked up.
Chelsea were given an indirect free-kick on the edge of the box which Mount teed to Ziyech who then blasted it wide.
A bizarre start as we win an in-direct free-kick following Man City's pass-back.
Following a few discussions, Mount tees it up for Ziyech whose fierce strike deflects wide.
🔵 0-0 💠 [6’] #CHEMCI
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 3, 2021
Even the Chelsea admin found the scenario bizarre, it must be the debut nerves hitting the 25 year old. Will he keep a clean sheet today?
Runarsson n'est donc pas le pire gardien de PL, Steffen a réussit a faire pire, c'est fort pic.twitter.com/Hi8gDx5TDK
— Yoann 🇯🇵 (@YoannAFC) January 3, 2021
Pictures courtesy of the Premier League