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Pep Guardiola believes Jeremy Doku has learned how to punish teams when they try to mark him out of the game. The Manchester City star continued his fine form with an assist in the 5-1 win over Burnley.

It was a deserved reward after he gave Kyle Walker a difficult afternoon on his return to the Etihad. A jinking run into the box created the first goal when his shot was only part-saved and turned back into the net by Maxime Esteve.

The assist was significant as well - the Belgian now has more assists for Haaland than he managed in his first two seasons at the Etihad. When Haaland scores goals , City generally win games.

Guardiola has been pleased with the way Doku runs at defenders, but even more happy with the way he appears to have discovered more what to do when o

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