It was a nightmare start to a Premier League debut.
A terrible mistake to gift Chelsea the opener and a booking within four minutes - £33.6m Manchester City new boy Abdukodir Khusanov looked genuinely scared.
"It was not the best start," admitted City manager Pep Guardiola. Striker Erling Haaland was more blunt, calling it a "horrific start" for the team as a whole.
Watching the game for Sky Sports, former England midfielder Jamie Redknapp could only sympathise: "When you get in that position it's like your head is in a tumble dryer." Gary Neville added: "I felt like crying for the lad.