Pep Guardiola of Manchester City should start Jeremy Doku against Brighton & Hove Albion.
With the recent international break behind us and several nations having confirmed their participation in next year’s European Championship, club football and the Premier League return.
After losing their previous two league games against Wolves and Arsenal, the Citizens return to action tomorrow at home against Brighton.
Doku is one man we believe Guardiola should include in his starting lineup.
After scoring a goal and providing an assist off the bench in City’s 3-1 win over RB Leipzig in the Champions League, the winger was unable to have a similar impact during his 22-minute cameo in the club’s 1-0 defeat against Arsenal.
During the international break, the 21-year-old, who City paid £55 million to purchase during the previous summer transfer window, assisted in Belgium’s 3-2 win over Austria and earned an overall match rating of 7.9/10 from SofaScore, making him the night’s second-highest rated player.
After being an unused substitute in his country’s 1-1 draw with Sweden, which was eventually abandoned, this suggests that the summer signing, whose performance against West Ham United earlier this season was described as “unbelievable” by Guardiola, may be fresh enough to start for City tomorrow.
With two goals and one assist from seven Premier League and Champions League matches, Doku demonstrates the attacking threat he possesses and why he might pose a significant threat to Brighton, especially given that they have conceded 16 goals in their eight league games this season.
As a result, this might be a game in which the Belgian thrives and demonstrates his offensive ability once more, hopefully assisting his team in putting their current slump in form behind them and returning to winning ways.
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