{"id":533002,"date":"2023-10-26T06:21:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T05:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=533002"},"modified":"2023-10-26T06:37:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T05:37:35","slug":"he-makes-us-worse-was-better-at-villa-man-city-fans-react-to-jack-grealishs-display-in-3-1-win-over-young-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/he-makes-us-worse-was-better-at-villa-man-city-fans-react-to-jack-grealishs-display-in-3-1-win-over-young-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;He makes us worse&#8217;, &#8216;Was better at Villa&#8217; &#8211; Man City fans react to Jack Grealish&#8217;s display in 3-1 win over Young Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Even Pep Guardiola has admitted that Jack Grealish has had a slow start to the season at Man City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the \u00a3100million man returned to the starting XI for Wednesday&#8217;s 3-1 Champions League win at Young Boys after being a substitute for last Saturday&#8217;s 2-1 Premier League triumph over Brighton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was one of six changes as Guardiola rang the changes for the plastic pitch in Berne, with City producing a dominant performance to remain top of Group G with nine points from three games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/Man-City-players-Jack-Grealish-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-533014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/Man-City-players-Jack-Grealish-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/Man-City-players-Jack-Grealish-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/Man-City-players-Jack-Grealish-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/Man-City-players-Jack-Grealish-1140x760.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/Man-City-players-Jack-Grealish-750x500.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/Man-City-players-Jack-Grealish.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/jack-grealish\/leistungsdaten\/spieler\/203460\">Grealish<\/a> has struggled for game time since recovering from a dead leg last month, being named on the bench for the past four fixtures, and has not started a Premier League match since late August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he was backed by his manager, who pre-match said he did not &#8220;have a piece of doubt about Jack&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The England international did not register his first goal of the season or add to his single assist of the campaign but nearly helped put City ahead twice in the first half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, he teed up Jeremy Doku in space in the area, but the Belgian fired straight at the goalkeeper and then Grealish&#8217;s curling shot on 34 minutes was dropped by Racioppi, allowing Matheus Nunes to bundle the ball towards goal before Loris Benito cleared off the goalline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grealish faded in the second half, and inadvertently denied City a goal when he miscontrolled the ball on to his arm before playing in Julian Alvarez whose calm finish was disallowed by VAR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He ended up playing the full 90 minutes as Guardiola looked to ensure the wide attacker gets back into his rhythm ahead of a busy period of fixtures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supporters delivered mixed verdicts on the performance of a player who often splits opinions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Grealish might have some silverware to show, some of which he didn&#39;t really win. But his game has gone backwards under Pep.<\/p>&mdash; Michael (@Michael76851525) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Michael76851525\/status\/1717301230555283538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jack Grealish putting all the doubts some fans had to bed after this performance<\/p>&mdash; Naitik:) (@itsxnaitik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsxnaitik\/status\/1717339107180040340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Grealish was excellent today. I hope now everyone shuts up with the comparisons with Doku<br><br>Both damn good footballers playing for us. We\u2019re blessed \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe<\/p>&mdash; Ren\u00e9 Rowe (@renren_rowe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/renren_rowe\/status\/1717337302031114713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s so obvious Grealish doesn&#39;t contribute anything to the team. On the contrary, he rather makes us worse.<\/p>&mdash; Alae Edine\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@AlaeEdine13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlaeEdine13\/status\/1717337335052869995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s rough being a Grealish fan.<br><br>Loved his play today. I&#39;m glad to see his return to form and hope he continues being included in the starting lineup. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ogSaKz2Hlo\">pic.twitter.com\/ogSaKz2Hlo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jace (@JKuretski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JKuretski\/status\/1717334029400220117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Grealish always kills our ball possessions and it\u2019s actually crazy \ud83d\ude29<\/p>&mdash; Mr Ese Collins (@ese9531) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ese9531\/status\/1717309408428822751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Grealish was better at Villa though. He is playing with quality players and still can&#39;t score or create enough goals at City.<\/p>&mdash; Jonathan (@DarkestJonatha1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarkestJonatha1\/status\/1717303049872347308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This was such an important game for Grealish. Been a lot of discourse about his future at City, but I thought he was back to his best tonight.<br><br>Denied 2 assists by his teammates and a huge threat with and without the ball. The way he attracts opposition players is mesmeric. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xXiouEf79X\">pic.twitter.com\/xXiouEf79X<\/a><\/p>&mdash; LNobbins (@LNobbins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LNobbins\/status\/1717296778750345282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Grealish was MOTM let\u2019s be honest<\/p>&mdash; Andy (@a779457) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a779457\/status\/1717285814760042691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/hes-finally-making-the-move-fans-react-to-update-on-phillips-quitting-man-city\/\">\u2018He\u2019s finally making the move\u2019 \u2013 Fans react to update on &#8216;phenomenal player&#8217; quitting Man City<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even Pep Guardiola has admitted that Jack Grealish has had a slow start to the season at Man City. 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