Pep Guardiola has said that Manchester City winger Jack Grealish is able to play in different positions and highlights what he needs to do to stay in the team.
City’s previous Premier League outing saw the Englishman score what ended up being the winning goal in Citizens’ 2-1 win over Luton Town last weekend.
With the Manchester club now preparing to take on Crystal Palace tomorrow for their latest top-flight fixture, Guardiola has been sharing his thoughts on the 27-year-old and his current form.
Guardiola drops Grealish claim
Speaking in his latest press conference ahead of tomorrow’s match against Palace, Guardiola had this to say about Grealish and the possibility of him playing in different potions.
He said: “We don’t have time to work. Yesterday recovery, today is pre-match. We don’t have time, to understand without training sessions. Sometimes in 10-15 mins we can do it, Jack can understand immediately.
“He can play in different positions, in the middle. He’s a typical number ten. At Villa played as a winger, at the beginning when he arrived he played false nine. Important, he has to demand himself to score goals, win games, assists.
“He keeps the ball, makes passes. Last two games he scores goals. Starts a little bit late, many things happen, injuries. Hopefully he can take the rhythm as soon as possible.”
Grealish has featured in 17 games for City across all competitions this season, scoring two goals and delivering two assists in the process.
Having predominantly played as a left-winger, the prospect of potentially seeing the England international get deployed in different attacking or midfield positions could be rather interesting.
Looking back over the win against Luton, Grealish not only scored the winning goal, he also made one key pass, successfully completed three dribbles and was fouled three times, showing how much of a danger he can be for the opposition.
With tomorrow’s game against Palace in mind, if the winger can put in another strong performance and add some more goals and assists to his tally, he could well end up finding himself getting picked in the starting XI on a more consistent basis.
