Jack Grealish’s problem is the same as his England teammate

Manchester City eaves, Jeremy Doku, was praised by his manager, Pep Guardiola, after another electric exhibition against Tottenham Hotspur.

In the end, it was a quite nervous 0-1 victory for the Mancunians when it should have been a comfortable victory in the balance of the first half.

“The second half was really open because we did not close it,” said the Catalan coach, “in the first one we had too many clear opportunities and for the quality we have, we had to become.”

“Unfortunately, we couldn’t, and then you know in the second half that you are going to suffer, but we did it. The boys fought, but there is always a difficult and difficult place to come. “

A significant reason for the dominance of the first half of the city was Doku’s excellent play. In addition to the assistance he produced for the winning goal of Erling Haaland, the Belgian attacker put two more gold opportunities for Big Norweigan and his partner Extreme Savinho.

“We played well with the Wingers: Savinho and Jeremy were outstanding. We did very, very good things. In general, we played a very good game, ”added Guardiola.

“Jeremy is direct; It is a threat in the last third. He made incredible assistance, and when a player can drive, he opens spaces for other players. “

“In the final decision (of Doku). It is really good in dribbling, it cannot be done, but after the assistance to Erling (Haaland) it has to come more frequently. “

Guardiola has reasons to demand more from Doku. In the previous game, the end repeatedly avoided the famous Back-back Liverpool Trent Alexander Arnold easily, but could not create in the same way that Versus Spurs did.

“I spent it (Alexander-Arnold) many times, but it was then the final pass, or I don’t know,” Daku said after the game.

“The most important thing after passing is creating something from him, and I played some good balls in front of the goal, but we have to score.

“We have to analyze the game and see what I can do better and what can we do better as a team.”

With only 22 years of age, Doku still has time to add the murderous touch to his game, which would raise him to the highest levels of the sport.

However, the same thing of the man whose role has come to occupy: Jack Grealish cannot be said.

Five years ago, English was one of the most exciting players in the Premier League. He was the leader of an Aston Villa team that played exciting football and the star of the 2021 European championships, in which England reached the final.

According to this way, he obtained a movement of more than $ 100 million from Manchester City, and although his first season was a bit challenging, the Brummie took its passage during the second campaign.

Grealish had settled as a always present in the team that would win the Premier League, the Champions League and the trebs of the FA Cup.

Perhaps due to the rate, or perhaps because rival fans always detest him as much as they loved it, even at its peak, he was often criticized for lack of production or compared unfavorably with his form as a player of Aston Villa.

These attacks became more sustained as their shape deteriorated in the third year, and struggled to enter the alignment of Pep Guadiola.

Now in his fourth season, he is far behind Jeremy Doku and is already being promoted to leave City.

“I think Jack is under pressure,” said Pundit and former coach Roy Keane in Sky Sports recently. “You know what, Pep has looked at Jack now, he is collecting injuries, his lifestyle and all that kind of stage.

“Look at some big games last year where he (Guardiola) did not even bring it.

“I think Jack could be under pressure. If PEP wants to move on, it will be interesting.

“I think the others are simple, the older players 32, 33 – the contracts are active and you think it is an easy decision.

“But I think there would be some players under pressure if Pep wants to get rid of them.”

Other points of sale have been bolder. After the Spurs game, British newspaper The Daily TelegraphThe headline shouted: “Jack Grealish must leave Manchester City this summer”, with the title pointing in the piece that if he wanted to follow any international ambition, a movement was required.

At present, there is little to suggest that Grealish has the ability to evict Doku, Savinho or a new Omar Marmoush firm from the beginning 11.

As his Guardiola coach said before, he cannot choose memories based on memories.

“I want the jack that won the acute? Yes, I want it, but I try to be honest with myself, ”said Manchester City coach.

“They have to fight. You can say that it is unfair. Okay, if you think that, that’s fine, but you have to demonstrate (for me): ‘Okay, I’m going to fight with Savinho to deserve to play in that position’ every day, every week and every month.

“I have no doubt about the quality of Jack or any of these players. They would not be here (otherwise).

“I struggled for him, I struggled to be here. I know you can do it because I saw it. I saw its level and I want that, each training session and each game. “

It is sad to see Grealish occupying the shadows once he stopped under the center of attention, but the relentless nature of elite sports is ruthless.

At the moment, it has the same problem as Trent Alexander-Arnold; Both have Jeremy Doku passing easily.