Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was delighted with Jeremy Doku's performance for victory over West Ham.

The Hammers had the lead through James Ward-Prowse before City fought back to win 3-1 via goals from Doku, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland.

Guardiola later enthused: “When you buy a player like him for four or five years – I don't know how many years we signed him for – we have to be patient," Guardiola said.

“I will be honest, I didn't expect him to play for Man City the way he did today! Against Fulham he was deeper and close to Kyle [Walker] so today he was higher.

“There are processes he has to learn and all the time we are there to help him but he has to say, 'I have to be myself as a player'."

The manager also said: “I was in Barcelona when Jeremy arrived and I had the feeling that maybe he was a little shy in his first game.

“He'd just joined us, had two or three days' training with a team that had won the Treble and we spoke about this – I told him to use his quality as a winger - one on one or one v two, if you have the feeling, go.

“From the first minute he was incredible, aggressive with determination and arrived many times on the byline.

“I'm really pleased because we thought the quality was there, and he has started to prove it."