Paul Dickov has indicated that Jack Grealish has become one of the best players in the Premier League this season, after his impressive performance against Southampton.
Harelish scored one goal and set up another again in Manchester City’s 4-1 victory over Southampton.
Dickov, who was a guest on Matchday Live, praised the England international’s recent performance.
“I think since the World Cup, Grealish has become our best player,” he said.
“I really liked what he did,” Dickov said Riyad Mahrez Recently, however, due to the quality Phil Foden Mahrez did not get many opportunities to play, which increased his desire to play more and when he participated in the match last week he was excellent.”
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He added, “But Jack keeps people talking about his numbers, and Trent Alexander-Arnold didn’t know how to stop him, as every time he got the ball it was very difficult for the defenders.”
Dickov discussed the 27-year-old’s performance in our 4-1 win over Liverpool last weekend in more detail, highlighting his role even more.
Grealish prevented a goal from Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, after which he provided an assist for the first goal for City, which he scored. Julian Alvarez.
Paul said: “This shows the extent of his passion and determination, and then 60 seconds later he made one goal and scored another in the match, and Jack is at the moment one of the best players not only in our team but in the Premier League.”
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The former City striker also spoke of a change in Grealish’s mindset since his first season at City, when he scored three goals and provided three assists.
In the 2022/23 season, Jack scored five goals and grabbed six assists with nine league matches remaining.
“I think he feels he’s one of the key players in the team now, whereas when he first came last season he looked at Kevin De Bruyne and the other players in the squad and thought that’s the level he needs to get to,” Dickov said.
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And he continued: “I think he is at this level now and he has become an important player for us. I spoke to him at the Bristol City match after the match and he said that he felt that Pep Guardiola He really trusts him now, and that’s a big thing for him.”
Guardiola’s team is currently focusing on facing Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-finals, in the first-leg match that will be held at Al-Ittihad Stadium at 22:00 Mecca Al-Mukarramah time.
