City’s marvellous 4-0 win at Wolves on Saturday saw Pep Guardiola’s side open up our 2025/26 Premier League campaign in thrilling style.
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And it was a performance that helped add a further eye-catching chapter to the Club’s storied history of memorable Premier League debuts.
Goalkeeper James Trafford, who kept a clean sheet and defender Rayan Ait-Nouri. who shone on his return to his former Molineux stamping ground, both caught the eye.
Meanwhile, additional summer signing Tijjani Reijnders served up a sumptuous player of the match display capped by a brilliant brace of goals and an assist with fellow new boy Rayan Cherki adding a stunning strike of his own after being summoned from the bench.
The quartet’s memorable displays were just the latest eye-catching maiden City Premier League appearances.
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From Joe Hart’s clean sheet back in 2006 through Sergio Aguero’s instant impact against Swansea in 2011 to Erling Haaland’s dramatic Premier League bow at West Ham back in 2022 to name but a few, there have been no shortage of outstanding top-flight City bows.
So, in the wake of Saturday’s superb introduction from Trafford, Ait-Nouri, Reijnders and Cherki, we’ve compiled a compilation of some of the best City Premier League debuts for you to enjoy…