J.érémy Doku (Borgerhout, 2002) has become, with permission of Erling Haalandin the player most decisive in the fight of Manchester City for him triplet: Premier, FA Cup and League Cup.
Frame In the victory against Chelsea (0-3), he attended Haaland in the victory against Burnley (0-1), scored and assisted in the comebackover Southampton (2-1) in semis of the FA Cup…His last week has been, simply, apotheotic. Rescued one point in it 97′ with his doubletagainst Everton (3-3) and ‘opened the can’ in it triumph against Brentford (3-0).
Three great goals, each one better. However, the belgian international, rather ‘bring out your chest’, has done self-criticism ‘discovering’ your particular ‘Achilles heel’. “There is one thing. When I look at my goals, all the goals this season, I don’t see a single ‘tap-in’ (easy, to push). And when I look, for example, at “Sterling, I see that he scored at least five, six or seven in each of his seasons at Manchester City,” recognized ‘Sky Sports’.
Sterling scored at least five, six or seven ‘easy’ goals in each of his seasons at Manchester City
“When I look at my goals, they are all top goals, Don’t get me wrong, but I also want to score those goals where I just come in and push it at the far post. That would help me add more goals to my tally. It’s something I need to work on,” insist Doku, what a sum eight goals and 14 assists in the 43 matches who has played this season.
“Sometimes I need to be more selfish, look for the shot… and I have been doing it”assures the former Anderlecht and Rennessigned in 2023 in exchange for 60 million eurosto explain his recent scoring explosion. He denies, however, that he has changed his way of playing: “Now that the goals are coming people will say ‘wow’, but I’ve always been an instinctive player.”
Pep GuardiolaOn the other hand, he valued it. He City manager He did not hesitate when they asked him if Doku could reach the level of Vinicius and Lamine Yamal: “Yes, of course. He always accepts demands. We are very happy with it. Not just now, since he arrived. “Now he is winning games, scoring goals… but he has always been at a very good level.”
Now he is winning games, scoring goals… but he has always been at a very good level
“When you really think that you want to become one of the best of the best in the world, that’s when you reach that level,” underlines Guardiola before highlighting the Belgian’s great ‘leap’: “Everyone knows that he has taken an incredible step in the sense of saying: ‘I am Jérémy Doku, I am going to win games.’
