Jeremy Doku believes Manchester Metropolis’s Champions League marketing campaign “will train us some classes” after they have been knocked out within the final 16 by Actual Madrid.
Vinicius Junior’s brace on the Etihad Stadium secured a 2-1 victory within the second leg in Manchester, and a 5-1 mixture win.
Madrid have now eradicated Metropolis in 5 knockout ties within the Champions League, together with in 4 of the final 5 seasons.
Certainly, solely Bayern Munich have been eradicated extra instances by one facet in knockout ties within the competitors’s historical past (seven by Madrid).
And since profitable the competitors in 2022-23, Man Metropolis have gone previous the round-of-16 stage solely as soon as in three seasons, reaching the quarter-finals in 2023-24.
Doku impressed within the defeat, finishing seven dribbles, greater than the whole Madrid workforce mixed (six).
He has solely accomplished extra in a match within the Champions League for Rennes towards Sevilla in December 2020 (eight).
The Belgian winger felt Metropolis fought effectively within the second leg, making their exit “a tough actuality”.
Jeremy Doku instructed Amazon Prime: “I really feel like we had quite a lot of probabilities. We performed effectively, even with ten towards 11, particularly towards a workforce like Actual Madrid; it’s going to be tough, however we did effectively.
“We will likely be again!” @JeremyDoku praises your assist following our defeat to Actual Madrid this night. pic.twitter.com/vPg74br7sJ
— Manchester Metropolis (@ManCity) March 17, 2026
“We’re upset with the loss, but it surely’s a tough actuality. If you expertise the video games, it doesn’t really feel like they have been a lot better than us, although it seems to be it from the scoreline.
“It’s a special Actual Madrid [compared to the league phase], however each recreation is completely different.
“The primary leg rating made them play a bit extra defensively; they didn’t want to attain. They’ve all the time had an awesome workforce; we all know their high quality. I really feel like we did effectively as we speak.
“This marketing campaign will train us some classes, we are going to be taught rather a lot for the longer term ones. We’ll analyse the sport and see what we are able to do higher, after which sit up for Sunday [EFL Cup final].”
