It's a joy to play with Ait-Nouri, says Doku | OneFootball

Jeremy Doku has heaped praise on new City signing Rayan Ait-Nouri after the two combined for our opener in the 5-2 FIFA Club World Cup victory over Juventus.

Ait-Nouri's pass sliced open the Juventus defence to find Doku, who cut inside and fired into the bottom corner after nine minutes in Orlando.

Teun Koopmeiners levelled two minutes later for Juventus before Pierre Kalulu turned into his own net to put us back ahead.

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Further goals from Erling Haaland, Phil Foden and Savinho, followed by a late consolation from Dusan Vlahovic, saw us progress into the knockout stages of the competition as Group G winners, with a maximum nine points from three matches.

Ait-Nouri only signed for the Blues from Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 days ago, but has already put in impressive showings in both appearances in the Club World Cup, and now the full-back has his first goal involvement for the Club.

"Honestly, he’s a top player," said Doku after the game. "He’s settled so fast and quick, he can play inside or outside.

"It’s a joy to play with him. He speaks French as well.

"Honestly, the connection is there. And I’m happy that he’s here with us.

"I’m grateful for every opportunity that I have to be on a pitch like that, with the stadium and everything. Honestly I’m happy and I play free and I play with peace."

The Belgian winger also believes the 5-2 victory serves as a statement of intent for City and admitted his curiosity to find out who our opponents in the last-16 will turn out to be.

"I think so yeah [a statement win]. Obviously we won the other two games but this obviously is a big team in Europe

"Me personally I watch almost every game so I’m curious to see who we are going to play against."