Real Madrid defeated Manchester City for a second time this season on Tuesday night, but Jeremy Doku saw no issue with his team’s performance.
Manchester City’s Champions League campaign is over for another year after a 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid, with the Spanish team winning the tie 5-1 on aggregate.
It was Real Madrid who looked more dangerous, as they recorded 3.14xG and created six big chances in total, missing four.
However, stats do not always tell the full story and according to Jeremy Doku, the two teams performed on a similar level.
Jeremy Doku claims Manchester City played well against Real Madrid
Losing twice in two weeks is a huge blow and last week it seemed like Man City’s players were confused as to how they had lost in Madrid by three goals.
This week, Doku believes City played well again and he does not think Real Madrid actually played much better.
After the match, he told Prime Video Sport: “I feel we had a lot of chances, played well, especially 10 against 11. I feel we did well. Obviously we’re disappointed.
“It’s the hard reality, but when you experience the game, it doesn’t feel like they were much better than us.”
Doku had a very strong performance for Man City
While Doku is entitled to his opinion, it is hard to argue that Real Madrid were not the better team, considering they should have scored far more goals than they did. If anything, the 2-1 scoreline may have flattered Man City.
Despite this, he has made the valid point that the Citizens were playing with 10 men for much of the game after Bernardo Silva’s red card. Had this been avoided, the tie might have headed in an entirely different direction.
Then there was Doku’s individual performance, which was really positive. The winger kept Trent Alexander-Arnold busy with his skilful dribbling and he played some good crosses, one of which enabled Erling Haaland to land on the scoresheet.
If Doku can deliver that type of display again on Sunday, Man City will definitely be able to ask questions of Arsenal’s defence in the Carabao Cup final.
