Football Latest Updates: After a poor start to his Manchester City career, Pep Guardiola has pushed Jack Grealish to ignore his detractors and his underwhelming statistics. Since his British-record 100 million pounds ($134 million) move to the Premier League champions in August, the England midfielder has only scored three goals and made three assists in all competitions. In a December interview, the 26-year-old revealed that the change had been more difficult than he had anticipated and that he had expected to get more assists and goals.
Guardiola, on the other hand, was pleased with the winger’s participation.
“Maybe he listened too much to what the people say and it’s wrong,” said the City boss, whose side play second-tier Peterborough in the FA Cup fifth round on Tuesday.
“Always we talk about the statistics. Players today play for the statistics, but this is the biggest mistake they can do.
“Statistics are just a bit of information that we have, but there are players that make the team play good and are not in the statistics.”
Grealish has missed City’s last four games due to a shin injury, but he was an unused substitute in Saturday’s Premier League win over Everton and might return at Peterborough.
Grealish would score goals, according to Guardiola, but it was not his primary function in the team.
He explained, “We didn’t buy him to score 45 goals.” “He lacks that quality, but he does possess another. He’s actually doing quite well. I wouldn’t say anything if he wasn’t performing well, but that isn’t the case.”
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