An emotional Jack Grealish revealed his objective towards Leicester got here on the twenty fifth anniversary of his brother’s demise.
Grealish was on the right track as Leicester’s slide in the direction of relegation continued with a 2-0 defeat at Metropolis.
Pep Guardiola has appeared to lack religion in Grealish this time period, however his determination at hand him a primary league begin since final December was vindicated with a primary Premier League objective in 14 months.
It was an emotive day for the Grealish household. Keelan Grealish was simply 9 months outdated when he handed away from cot demise in 2000, when Jack was 4.
He informed Sky Sports activities: “My little brother passed away 25 years ago today, so this day is always hard for the family but I was happy to score.
“My mum and pop had been right here. I needed to rating and to win was good.”
On whether or not he felt reduction breaking his objective drought, Grealish added: “As soon as I scored I knew that people would say this.
“This season I have never been at my greatest, even final season. I’ve not began within the Premier League since Christmas however I used to be blissful to attain as we speak.
“I feel my highest tally for a season is eight – I wasn’t introduced right here to attain 20 or 30 targets a season. Once I got here right here I had solely scored six targets for Aston Villa. I’ve by no means been somebody that scores continuously, I might love to attain extra, however I supply extra to the staff than simply that.
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“I wanted a chance to play. I’ve only started in the FA Cup in 2025. I was devastated not to start at the weekend having started in every round but I played well when I came on. I felt like I deserved to play.”
Guardiola praises ‘unbelievable’ Grealish
Man Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola talking about Grealish:
“Jack is an incredible human being in terms of gestures. He’s incredibly generous. He scored a goal, made a good game, so it’s good. This is a guy who used to play free, between the lines he’s got the ability to control the ball and play an extra pass. I’m happy for him. It’s not easy when you don’t play regularly.
“We miss possibilities for the third objective however the remainder was actually good. Possibly we might have scored extra. The experiences we have had this season, many occasions we have conceded a objective after which after misplaced many factors.”
