RIVAL fans loved it as Josko Gvardiol was “dunked on” during his first Manchester City start.
The reigning Treble winners forked out £77million to sign the Croatian from RB Leipzig this summer.
After coming off the bench at Burnley last Friday, Gvardiol was handed his first City start by boss Pep Guardiola for tonight’s Uefa Super Cup against Sevilla.
Just 25 minutes into the match, Gvardiol was powerless to prevent Youssef En-Nesyri from opening the scoring.
En-Nesyri rose highest to head home Marcos Acuna’s brilliant cross.
And fans couldn’t help but notice that the 6ft 2in forward had outjumped City’s new signing.
One tweeted: “Gvardiol DUNKED on.”
While a second sarcastically wrote: “Joško Gvardiol looks MINT”.
A third harshly tweeted: “That Kim at Bayern far better and cheaper.”
Accompanied by laughing emojis, another added: “Most expensive defender in the world.”
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Ahead of the match, Guardiola had said of Gvardiol: “I was really pleased for his debut at Burnley.
“Unfortunately he didn’t have much time to train together for the schedule that we have.
“After the Newcastle game [on Saturday night] we have eight days to train. Step by step. Of course he’s here, if we decide to play he’s more than ready to do it.”
Despite falling behind, City were able to level the match in the second-half.
Cole Palmer‘s excellent header made it 1-1 on 63 minutes.
