Jeremy Doku can help Pep Guardiola get what he wants from Man City fans after Spurs showing

Doku can help Pep get what he wants

Jeremy Doku isn't just in the Manchester City team to create chances, his direct style is also helping Pep Guardiola get more noise from the stands. Guardiola has asked for more from the supporters in the last two weeks, while being extremely careful with his words on what can be a sensitive topic.

He has a good relationship with the City faithful, though, and the headlines generated about Guardiola's cries for more noise often ignore the wider context, which is that Guardiola completely respects why some games may be quieter than others and that ultimately it is up to the team to give fans something to get behind. That is where Doku comes in, with the Belgian capable of getting fans off their seats.

From the first minute against Spurs, Doku picked the ball up around the halfway line with space to run into, and the noise around the Etihad rose considerably in anticipation. Every time Doku got the ball in similar positions, the fans expected something to happen. Sometimes it didn't work, and sometimes it did - like for Foden's goal - but he is a player capable of unpredictability and of making things happen.

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So when Guardiola wants his players to give the supporters a reason to get behind the side, Doku could be the way to do that. He will keep attacking because it's the only thing he knows how to do, and the fans already love him for it.

It's worth noting that City fans backed the team when it was needed after Doku's substitution and after Tottenham's second, proving Guardiola's