Dazzling Doku weaves his magic to spark Manchester City’s title charge

'The Count' terrorised Liverpool on a good day for City.

GOING UP: Manchester City's Belgian midfielder Jeremy Doku celebrates scoring their third goal. Pic: DARREN STAPLES/AFP via Getty Images

For heaven’s sake, Jérémy. You’re not supposed to actually enjoy these games. Except, it seems sometimes you can, even at this rarefied level. Perhaps the most striking part of Jérémy Doku’s thrilling performance here was its playfulness, the sense of fun, the way he was into it from the first moment, basically dancing out there.

Doku has the nickname The Count, a reference to the Star Wars Sith Lord Count Dooku. His performance against Liverpool was more like watching the young Yoda scything his way around one of those mass lightsaber massacres, whirling and gliding, aware of space, wind, the crumpling of a blade of grass behind him.