{"id":294985,"date":"2023-10-21T22:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T22:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=294985"},"modified":"2023-10-21T22:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T22:24:01","slug":"the-sharpe-end-how-jeremy-doku-put-old-boy-james-milner-in-his-pocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/the-sharpe-end-how-jeremy-doku-put-old-boy-james-milner-in-his-pocket\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SHARPE END: How Jeremy Doku put old boy James Milner in his pocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>THE SHARPE END: How Jeremy Doku put old boy James Milner in his pocket as Roberto de Zerbi&#8217;s tactical ploy fails in 2-1 defeat to Manchester City<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Jeremy Doku gets the better of James Milner in Man City&#8217;s clash with Brighton\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Julian Alverez and Erling Haaland scored as City got back to winning ways\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you\u2019re in an audition to succeed Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, the king of overthinking weird and wonderful tactical ploys, it must be tempting to do something strange.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On cue, Roberto de Zerbi started James Milner, 37, at right-back for Brighton up against City winger Jeremy Doku, one of the quickest players in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The contest went as you would expect. City got Doku on the ball at every opportunity and he tore Milner to shreds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It took Doku just six minutes to set up City\u2019s first goal from that side and Milner was taken off at half-time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/21\/22\/76845041-12657591-image-a-137_1697923952796.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Doku won the battle with James Milner in Man City&#8217;s win over Brighton at the Etihad\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/21\/22\/76845717-12657591-image-a-139_1697924439869.jpg\" height=\"945\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/21\/22\/76845725-12657591-image-a-138_1697924434686.jpg\" height=\"798\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>How Doku got the better of his opponent, by using his speed and trickery to get past Milner\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12657591\/THE-SHARPE-END-Jeremy-Doku-old-boy-James-Milner-pocket-Roberto-Zerbis-tactical-ploy-fails-2-1-defeat-Manchester-City.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE SHARPE END: How Jeremy Doku put old boy James Milner in his pocket as Roberto de Zerbi&#8217;s tactical ploy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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