Pep Guardiola claims Man City star ‘is the best in the world in first five metres
Pep Guardiola claims Jeremy Doku is the best player in the world ‘in the first five metres’ after Manchester City’s 2-1 win against Aston Villa on Tuesday night.
City have strengthene their grip on a Champions League spot คาสิโนออนไลน์ UFABET ฝากถอนรวดเร็ว เริ่มต้นเล่นง่าย as Matheus Nunes’ goal in injury time seale a last-gasp victory for Guardiola’s side at the Etihad Stadium.
City had taken the lead through Bernardo Silva’s goal in the seven minute but Villa pulle level before the break with Marcus Rashford’s penalty.
The game appeare on course to finish as a draw but Doku, who was introduce as a second-half substitute, burst past Axel Disasi on City’s left flank before bending a cross with the outside of his foot across Villa’s box for Cunha to finish from a narrow angle at the back post.
Doku has struggle for playing time in recent weeks, starting just one of City’s five Premier League games this month.
But Guardiola insists the Belgium international, who was signe from Rennes in a £55.5 million deal in August 2023, offers a ‘unique’ threat in City’s attack.
‘Jeremy always gives you something, for the crowd, we change the game,’ Guardiola said after City beat Villa.
‘In the first three or four actions [against] Disasi and Malen, he could not do the action.
‘But in the end… for me, Jeremy is the best player in the world in the first metres. In the first five metres he’s unstoppable.’
Guardiola also explaine that Doku has benche for City’s last four matches because he has opte to play his full-backs in a wider position.
‘No, he’s not playe as a winger because now, lately, I’m open with the full-backs, that’s the reason why,’ Guardiola explaine.
‘In the moment he will learn to play inside because if I think he has qualities to do it, he will play inside.