{"id":433321,"date":"2026-01-27T19:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/433321\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T19:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:35:07","slug":"jeremy-doku-man-city-winger-thankful-he-was-not-seriously-injured-by-diogo-dalot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/433321\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Doku: Man City winger thankful he was not seriously injured by Diogo Dalot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doku was also on the receiving end of late challenge from Wolves<\/a> defender Yerson Mosquera in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Wolves<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Colombian was booked for raking his studs down the back of Doku’s leg and no further action was taken by VAR.<\/p>\n

Asked if wingers get enough protection from referees, Doku added: “I don’t know in general. That tackle [from Mosquera] was painful. I didn’t ask the referee why he didn’t give another card, I just know that it was painful.<\/p>\n

“Knowing myself and my character, I know I am not a diver. If I fall on the ground then it is probably because something happened. In terms of laws, I just know that when I am on the ground I am not diving.<\/p>\n

“It is their responsibility to see if it is a yellow or red, a foul or not a foul, that is their job.”<\/p>\n

Doku felt he was on the receiving end of a “strong tackle” or “heavy confrontation” at least once in every game, while boss Pep Guardiola also claimed his player was deemed to be diving when referees should instead blow for a foul.<\/p>\n

The Belgian forward, 23, added: “Fouls is fine, as long as I don’t get injured. I see it as a compliment, they can’t take the ball. For me it is more about the diving thing. When I don’t get a foul, I am not diving.<\/p>\n

“That is sometimes frustrating because I know my character and if I fall on the ground, it is because something happened. Sometimes players tell me more to fall more on the ground. That is more frustrating for sure.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Doku was also on the receiving end of late challenge from Wolves defender Yerson Mosquera in Saturday’s 2-0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-433321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}