Manchester City defeated Brighton and this is how Pep Guardiola reacted
Pep Guardiola and Manchester City
Manchester City managed to beat Brighton in a match where the first half was overwhelming on the part of the citizens, but in the end they ended up making it a little more complicated than necessary. Pep Guardiola’s team quickly went 2-0 up on the scoreboard, but in the second half, Ansu Fati made it 2-1 which ended up affecting Pep Guardiola’s team. However, in the end, the result came and the English team managed to place itself in an important way.
Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez shone with their team, but surprisingly, the Manchester City coach did not end up choosing any of his star attackers as the most important player of the match. Pep Guardiola praised Jeremy Doku, who little by little is beginning to gain confidence and is beginning to be decisive with the citizen team. It should be remembered that he arrived this season in response to the departure of Riyad Mahrez.
“I’m really pleased with the impact he’s had since he arrived,” Guardiola said. “After the West Ham game, he didn’t play one or two games because of some doubts. He needs to have continuity in the games, something he is still not used to,” said the coach. For many, Jeremy Doku can be the great catalyst for Manchester City, to change the course of the matches. As well as starting in slightly more open matches.
Can Doku be the new Mahrez?
Beyond being the possible new Riyad Mahrez, Jeremy Doku can become the Douglas Costa that Pep Guardiola once had at Bayern Munich. Remember the Douglas Costa that Guardiola trained in Munich. The Brazilian was at an impressive level in Pep’s last season with the German team (7 goals and 18 assists) and gave Bayern an edge that it had lost with the injuries of Robben and Ribéry. Doku has the potential to become Guardiola’s new Douglas Costa.