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Pep Guardiola hails Jeremy Doku as 'special' after the Man City boss explains why he chose the Belgian youngster over Jack Grealish for Chelsea clash

Pep Guardiola has revealed he trusted his instinct after only deciding to start Jeremy Doku over Jack Grealish for Sunday's Premier League clash against Chelsea on the morning of the match.

Doku started his second consecutive league match in place of Grealish at Stamford Bridge with the Belgian given the nod by Guardiola following his scintillating exploits against Bournemouth last weekend where he scored once and assisted four other goals.

Explaining the reason why Doku was again preferred to Grealish on the left-wing, Guardiola said: 'I wake up today and say for Jeremy [to start[.