Aston Villa must rescue Grealish, he made Thierry Henry scream in Man City loss
Aston Villa must save Jack Grealish from Manchester City after he left Thierry Henry fuming in Manchester City’s latest defeat.
Pep Guardiola’s side suffered their eighth loss in 11 games against Manchester United on Sunday (15 December) conceding two late goals at the Etihad.
The Cityzens travel to Villa Park next as Unai Emery also looks to bounce back from defeat after conceding two late goals of their own against Nottingham Forest.
This clash at Villa Park on Saturday (21 December) will represent the homecoming of Grealish but the Villans should be looking to sign him after what Henry said.
Aston Villa must rescue Jack Grealish after what Thierry Henry said
The 29-year-old was one of the best players in the Premier League in the final years of his career in B6 but has never hit the same heights for the Sky Blues.
The attacking midfielder has gone 12 months without a club goal and this lack of confidence was summed up in his substitute cameo in the Manchester Derby.
With just minutes remaining on the clock, the former Villa star picked up the ball on the left flank and opted to pass backwards.
This left former Arsenal sensation Henry fuming on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football (17 December) as he said: “I was at home and I screamed, I did scream, because that’s not the Jack Grealish that I saw at Villa. That’s not the Jack Grealish I saw arriving at Man City.
“When the ball comes to you, all I’m trying to do at that moment is take the ball and you go square on and see what happens. I don’t know if you’re going to dribble past him, you don’t just go the other way.
“Why do you want to invite them to your half? Especially when it’s you [Grealish] and what you used to do.”
This is a major disappointment to the Villa fans who want to see one of their own do well despite leaving the club that he loves.
With January coming up, the Villans could hand the England international a chance to rediscover the form that tempted City into spending £100million on him [BBC Sport].
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