Manchester City beat Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday - and Rico Lewis has sent a cheeky message to goalscorer Jeremy Doku.

Manchester City beat the Cottagers 3-2 at the Etihad Stadium on what was a far from comfortable afternoon.

Fulham showed what a good side they are and had they been more clinical, City could easily have been on the end of a first defeat.

Adama Traore was a huge threat but was wasteful in front of goal. City made the visitors pay, with Mateo Kovacic at the double and Jeremy Doku also scoring.

Doku enjoyed a lively performance against Slovan Bratislava in midweek, with Ally McCoist branding him 'absolutely terrifying', but he was named on the bench against Fulham.

But he made a big impact, although Rico Lewis has done his very best to downplay the Belgian's stunning goal.

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The livewire is still very much a work in progress, but the threat is always there with the Belgian forward.

Doku just creates chaos when he plays. Defenders don't know what he will do, and the same can probably be said for Doku himself sometimes.

Against Fulham, he made a brilliant impact after coming on for Jack Grealish.

And in the 82nd minute, he popped up to score City's third goal to provide his side with a very important two-goal cushion.

After a lovely ball by Ederson to Erling Haaland who had peeled off into the centre circle, Rico Lewis carried the ball forward and picked out Doku on the left.

Doku used his trademark shimmy to come inside, before blasting the ball into the far top corner. Pep Guardiola described the strike as 'incredible' after the game.

It was a stunning strike, and his first in the league this season.

Doku took to social media last night, writing: "Happy with three important points at home before the break. Thanks for the support City fans."

Lewis keen for some acknowledgment for his part in the goal, joked 'What an assist', with Doku's fellow winger Savinho writing 'top top'.

Doku must find consistency It was an amazing strike by Doku against Fulham and we now need to see this kind of thing on a more consistent basis.

The star is such a big threat every time he plays, but he can still be frustrating in the final third at times.

That said, Doku is still only 22 and will not hit the start of his peak for about five or six years yet.

His biggest challenge is to find that consistency and provide goals and assists a bit more regularly than what he has been doing so far.

There is no reason why he can't, because he has so much ability.

He has the potential to absolutely rip teams to shreds and if he can just harness his chaos and unpredictability a bit, City will have a total superstar on their hands.