Jack Grealish makes Man City training admission and reveals what teammates tell him

15.04.2022 - 12:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Manchester City players want Jack Grealish to shoot more during games as he regularly finds the target in training.

Grealish has made a slow but steady start to life at City since joining from Aston Villa for £100m in the summer. His goals and assists statistics are undoubtedly below the levels he set at Aston Villa, but Pep Guardiola has supported his No.10 publicly in light of his wider contribution to City's attack.

Despite that, Grealish has been on the bench for the three big games over the last week against Atletico Madrid and Liverpool this week, but will be hoping to feature more in the FA Cup semi-final with Liverpool on Saturday. Now, he says the key to improving his headline statistics — and Grealish says there could be a very simplistic

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Among his many stats, Grealish is averaging a similar number of shots this season as he did at Aston Villa last year, but he revealed to the BBC that he is being encouraged to shoot more than teammates who have noticed a difference between his training and matchday output.

He said: "I shoot way less than anyone. I'm not even sure why, the guys say it here. Like say if I score in training, the lads are like, 'why don't you shoot more?'

"I probably should become more selfish. But like I said I don't really count myself as a selfish player. If someone's in a better position I'm going to pass it to them.

"I actually love the feeling of having an assist — players coming over and thanking you for their goal. It's just nice. Scoring is the best feeling in football, but I just love assisting."

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