Jack Grealish dedicates the goal to the deceased brother after Manchester City beat Leicester
Jack Grealish dedicated his goal to his deceased brother after scoring Manchester City‘S 2-0 win on Leicester on Wednesday.
International England hit its first Premier League goal for 16 months, at his first start in the competition since last December, such as City has returned to fourth place With a comfortable success at the Etihad stadium.
He arrived on the 25th anniversary of his younger brother Keelan, who died at the age of only nine months from Sudden infantile death syndrome (SIDS).
Grealish said on the club’s official website: “This day is always difficult in the family, but I have been happy to score.
“My mom and dad were here. This day is always difficult in the family. So marking and winning was brilliant.”
He later added on social media: “with me always this day … that was Keelan for you.”
Grealish has has fought for regular action this season Due to the form of Jeremy Doku and Savinho.
All three of these players started against the foxes and joined to create the Grealish open after only two minutes.
Director of the city Pep Guardiola He said: “Jack is an incredible human being in terms of gestures and is incredibly generous.
“I didn’t know. I can’t imagine how hard it was () but being with his mom and dad, his sister and the whole family, that’s fine.
“He scored a goal and played a good game. I’m happy for him. I know it’s not easy when he doesn’t play quite regularly.”
Omar Marmoush added the second after 29 minutes and the city then relieved the rest of the game to push an ineffective Leicester, which remains 12 points from safety, closer to the drop.
Guardiola said: “It was not easy with 10 players behind the ball in the box and we lost the third goal to be more relaxed.
“But we didn’t give anything to the end and I’m happy with a good performance.”
Guardiola also offered further clarifications The length of the absence of Erling Haaland After the Norwegian suffered an ankle injury in the victory of the FA Cup quarter of the Fa Cup on Bournemouth.
Since then the attacker has received a specialist treatment from dr. Ramon Cugat in Barcelona.
He said: “He saw him and we expect five to six weeks.”
Leicester’s boss Ruud Van Nistelrooy admitted that the situation of his team is bleak, but does not surrender yet.
The Dutchman said: “Obviously we live in reality. We know what the situation is on the table, wise points – 12 points with eight games to play.
“But mathematically, as I said before, is not over and we have the responsibility to move forward.”
Leicester has now lost seven in succession without scoring and Van Nistelrooy has admitted that he has never been in their last race.
He said: “Of course in City Away, you want to have a good start, but before half an hour we were 2-0 down would have been a long night”.
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