Pep Guardiola’s charisma magnet is in mesmeric form, but predictable Liverpool should not be this easy to work out
s anyone in Britain currently having more fun than Jack Grealish? Two minutes before the end of this 4-1 annihilation ofat the Etihad Stadium Grealish left the pitch to a standing ovation, met by a tender, oddly sensual full body hug from Pep Guardiola, who for a while just wouldn’t let him go, patting his buttocks, whispering in his ear, hungry for Jack love.
At times this was the Jack show. With 26 minutes gone he could be seen sprinting back in pursuit of a Liverpool break, a lone figure, hair flapping behind him, in place to cut out Mohamed Salah’s pass in front of goal and draw huge applause from all four stands. This was a piece of tracking back so heroic it felt almost staged, the kind of tracking back managers watch deep into the night over half a bottle of single malt.
A minute after that Grealish had a goal of his own, City’s fourth and his first in the league at the Etihad this season. He isn’t a great finisher. Somehow when he shoots this highly technical footballer looks like he’s punting an empty tin of beans along a motorway verge. But this was a lovely goal, Grealish taking Alexander-Arnold out of the game by easing the ball into the path of Kevin De Bruyne, who passed back for Grealish to slide-poke it into the corner.
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