Sanjay Sathya

Jeremy Doku Body Feint Trend Is the Internet’s New Favourite Thing

Jeremy Doku, Manchester City

Jeremy Doku is a nightmare for any defender, more worse for full-backs. He can put them on the floor in a matter of seconds. Nobody in Europe is on par with Doku in terms of dribbling as stats prove he is miles ahead of anyone.

Doku’s arsenal has just one weapon at most. A shoulder drop to left and right, goes past the defender in the blink of an eye. Not against part-time footballers, he does this against some of the best in the business.

During his game against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, Doku made Madrid defenders to beg for lives. Inspite of valverde, Asencio marking him and even Rodrygo dropping deep to defend, Doku pierced through the gaps. A popular clip is available on the internet where Rodrygo is left bent down, a common occurence of Doku’s victims.

Conor Bradley, who had enjoyed success against world class forwards like Vinicius and Mbappe, got tormented when he faced Doku. The Belgian, single handedly destroyed the Liverpool defence.

His unique shoulder drop dribbling technique is widely appreciated, to an extent, City fans had made it a part of their life. A recent viral clip among the Citizens Twitter community was the “Doku dribbling” trend where users try to imitate Doku’s body feint across every household activity. It had great interactions, so well that it reached back to Doku, who shared it on his Instagram handle.

Soon, there’s a flood of content creators doing the Doku Trend on Instagram and TikTok. Check out the best ones below –

Fans feel, Doku is bringing the traditional, old school, natural winger’s flair, in the era of robotic wingers.

The graph below shows Doku is an outlier in comparison to other wingers.

Jeremy Doku is already on the ranks of some of the best dribblers, the world has ever seen. By the end of his career, there would be little surprise, if he makes the top of the list.

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