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Why the flak for Jack is MISGUIDED: Yes, the Manchester City star should score more... but Grealish ticks many other boxes for Pep Guardiola, who is happy with the £100m man

Jack Grealish is not a Manchester City player for his goals. Not primarily, anyway. Pep Guardiola made that clear on Friday and not for the first time.

His role is to carry possession, taking defenders with him, when the game requires stretching. Or to recycle the ball when the game needs slowing.

Both of those elements are centred on control and creating space for others, often against opposition sitting in with 10 men behind the ball.

By and large, Grealish has performed the tasks very well since that £100million British-record transfer last year.