Jack Grealish

Jack Grealish scored Manchester City's crucial second goal in their 3-1 victory over Arsenal - and his finish owed a lot to his friendship with Gunners ...

And that’s what me and Riyad [Mahrez] said to each other on the bench.” The 27-year-old winger kept his cool at the Emirates to send City top of the league – but he was critical of the team's performance. “He's so unselfish and I knew he was going to pass it. That’s what I mean – I thought they were the better team. As the ball was coming, obviously I'm trying to go back across the keeper. “I was due one of them, just a deflection or something. “If I’m being honest, I don’t think we actually played that well. They had a few chances and stuff. The two sides went in at half-time with the score at 1-1 after Kevin De Bruyne’s lofted finish from Takehiro Tomiyasu’s under-hit back-pass was cancelled out by [Bukayo Saka](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/bukayo-saka) ’s penalty. Grealish has spent a lot of time with Ramsdale while away with England and he revealed that relationship gave him an advantage in front of goal. Grealish’s shot took a deflection off Tomiyasu to find the net, before Haaland made the game safe with a low finish from De Bruyne’s pass. “I know Gundo and I knew he was going to pass it,” he said on Amazon Prime.

The Manchester City winger netted the second of three goals in a brilliant 3-1 win at Arsenal.

"He wants to score more goals," she added. "He has to score more goals. Obviously Jack Grealish, the big price tag, he’s now in the team consistently, he needs to score more goals. "You need to understand Jack Grealish arrives off of a huge transfer fee so that puts a lot of pressure on him," Martinez told Prime Video. It’s refreshing to see." That goal was only Grealish's second across all competitions this season, coming a month after his first in the 2-1 defeat at Manchester United. He talked about affecting games - affecting big games - and you can tell it’s on his mind, he wants to score more goals. "You embrace that pressure or you fall behind, and Jack had to adapt a lot into becoming a team player. [Pep Guardiola's](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/pep-guardiola) side showed their killer instinct in the second-half, Grealish slotting home to finish off a swift counter-attack after Arsenal were dispossessed in midfield, before [Erling Haaland](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/erling-haaland) all but ended the contest 10 minuted later. [Kevin De Bruyne](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/kevin-de-bruyne) had opened the scoring with a wonderful lobbed finish before Bukayo Saka's penalty levelled the score at the break. It’s great to see that a player wants to be good for the style that the team has invested into you, and the way he was talking, he’s just such a caring person that he wants to do well for the team. [Grealish](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/jack-grealish) netted [City's](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc) second goal in a crucial 3-1 win at the Emirates, handing his side the lead for the second time that evening.

Jack Grealish admits that he almost got himself sent off in Manchester City's crunch clash with Arsenal, with only some quick thinking saving him.

I was due one of them when it deflects in.” For me, it was a great night. It was massive.

Jack Grealish may have delivered his biggest performance in a Manchester City shirt on Wednesday and is starting to repay Pep Guardiola's faith.

A lot of teams tend to sit in against us and that wasn't the case at Villa. It's worth noting that Grealish has never topped the charts for goals and assists. His £100m arrival in the summer of 2021 was a cause for excitement.

Gabby Agbonlahor suggests the £100 million Jack Grealish debate has to end, after his recent "outstanding" performances at Manchester City.

Like last night and goals like last night, he's proving a lot of people wrong." He scored at Old Trafford and they didn't go on to win the game but last night, scored that goal. He found the back of the net in City's 3-1 win over Arsenal on Wednesday night. However, his performances at the Etihad Stadium were at times READ MORE: READ NEXT:

Ashley Preece runs through his Aston Villa talking points this week as Unai Emery's players prepare themselves for Arsenal on Saturday at Villa Park.

Mings has been in top form for the majority of this season and is so often a pillar of strength that his teammates turn to when grinding out a big win. The fact he’s still performing and keeping World Cup star Matty Cash out of the XI is something but, more than that, Young’s a standard-setter behind the scenes and that’s priceless if Villa are to kick on once again next season. Emery has spoken about struggling to put his finger on why his players have performed better away than at Villa Park (Emery’s home matches: W2 D1 L3). He tormented Villa last weekend and he’s finally proving that the £100m fee Villa got for him was justified given his brilliance. Villa banked £15m back from the Ings sale but, for me, we need that bit more from Buendia and Bailey. The cobwebs, having sat on Villa’s bench for the first part of the season, have well and truly been blown off and his confidence is sky-high once again. And lastly, Villa’s home form must improve from now until the end of the season. It was narrow-minded to allow Archer to head out again because his talent, once given an opportunity, is there for all to see. As for Young, it’s a no-brainer for him to be offered a new 12-month deal. On the topic of big decisions at Villa and new contracts should be handed out to Tyrone Mings and Ashley Young. “He’s smart and he’s clever. The question, though, is have Villa wasted that £100m, or is it too early to judge given Danny Ings, Emi Buendia and Leon Bailey were all signed as his replacement?

Jack Grealish has arguably been Manchester City's best player in 2023 and his impact for Pep Guardiola's side is starting to translate into vital goals and ...

Credit must go to Guardiola for his relentless defence of Grealish in the press conferences and interviews and for the obvious development and improvement in his game. He is no longer hugging the sidelines, cutting inside and recycling the ball to one of City’s midfielders. The goal against Arsenal conjured images of Raheem Sterling arriving late into the box from the left flank, before nestling an effort into the bottom corner. When Dean Smith assembled his Aston Villa around Grealish, the 27-year-old amassed six goals and 12 assists in 26 Premier League appearances in his final season. The almost naive fearlessness in his game is what made him such a dangerous and exciting player. In the last few weeks, he has brought something far more important - impact, and lots of it.

Jack Grealish is proving people wrong and showing why Manchester City splashed £100 million on him, according to Gabby Agbonlahlor.Grealish was decis.

“He’s getting used to Pep’s formations and tactics and that’s why he was bought for £100m. Even the first goal, Tomiyasu’s mistake. “His performance, running at players.

Manchester City star Jack Grealish has shared what he said to Riyad Mahrez after he was subbed off against Arsenal last night.

That’s what me and Riyad said to each other on the bench,” Grealish said. But they do still have a game in hand over now table-toppers City. And after last night’s clash at the Emirates Stadium, Grealish expressed to Riyad Mahrez the importance of the win. [Amazon Prime](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B0BN2M6GC9/ref=atv_me_spo_c_PChWrB_4_3) after the game and shared what he told Mahrez after being subbed off. [Manchester City](https://tbrfootball.com/category/english-premier-league/manchester-city/) star [Jack Grealish](https://tbrfootball.com/tag/jack-grealish/) has shared what he said to [Riyad Mahrez](https://tbrfootball.com/tag/riyad-mahrez/) after he was subbed off against [Arsenal](https://tbrfootball.com/category/english-premier-league/arsenal/) last night. Grealish and Erling Haaland punished the Gunners in the second-half and the defeat sees Arsenal move down the second in the table on goal difference.

Grealish was on the scoresheet as City won 3-1 at Arsenal on Wednesday night – and he's sensing something special soon.

We dropped points in certain games but now we need to try and go on [a winning run] and I feel like it’s coming. A self-confessed statto, he has been known to watch football with a spreadsheet (or several) open... Tom Hancock started freelancing for FourFourTwo in April 2019 and has also written for The Analyst and When Saturday Comes, among others. We have to try different ways of playing against good teams like this and that's what we did. I don't think we played to our best and Arsenal were the better team if I'm honest, but that's what good teams do: come to places like this when they're not at their best and get three points. Reacting to his team's fourth league triumph in four games, he

Jack Grealish's refreshing honesty in interviews has shown just how important he can be to Manchester City.

"These games, for example, we could not keep the ball, but the way he manages to give us that breath and I am really happy for him because he is a great guy." "We're not getting too ahead of ourselves but wins like that you have to celebrate, and we certainly did," he said. now we need to try and go on one and I feel like it’s coming." It's probably fair to say Grealish might not have always have had the full trust of his teammates, but he undoubtedly does now. I don’t think the result matters too much in the title race – we just have to concentrate on ourselves and try to keep winning games. Such records don't go unnoticed at City, and it's a credit to Grealish that he's started the last six league games in a row, scoring big goals at the Emirates and Old Trafford, as well as creating the winners at Stamford Bridge and Elland Road. It was another sign he is starting to see the bigger picture. He's not relied on as heavily to keep the ball, and instead is needed to take more risks in the final third. The Villa comparison has been made to death, and Grealish himself often refers back to the different expectations of him. The fact that City have found a system to play each of Rodri, Ilkay Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, and Kevin De Bruyne in midfield - as well as Grealish, Riyad Mahrez, and Erling Haaland in attack - also frees the no.10 up to play his more natural game. That has led to plenty of external criticism of Grealish and his lack of goals or assists - although his decisive strike at Arsenal means he will be exempt from such criticism for a while. He questioned if the number was right, before replying: "God knows then, I don’t want to say much about that," quick to move the interview along.