Thierry Henry has slammed Manchester City substitute Jack Grealish, who has transformed from a slick forward into a curling machine, and said he believes the game helped United equalise in Sunday’s Manchester derby on Monday Night Football. The
highlight of the week was certainly the game at the Etihad Stadium, with
City taking the lead through a first-half header from Josko Gvardiol, before United stepped up their game late on to make it 2-1 and secure their first win in seven years. The Arsenal legend was on hand to be the pundit
on the show. He chose the timing of City’s attack which eventually led to the equaliser as City pushed forward, with Grealish pulling away to receive the ball on the wing and Bruno Fernandes moving in to mark him.
However, instead of going head-to-head with the United captain, Grealish played the ball back, which was eventually cleared by Nunes, who left Henry unhappy at the Spaniard’s decision not to get the ball out.
“I was at home and I was screaming, I was screaming because that’s not the Jack Grealish I saw at Villa, that’s not the Jack Grealish I saw when I came to City,” Henry told สมัคร ufabet Sports’ Monday Night Football. ” No
matter what time it is, no matter where you are, when the ball comes to you in that position and I see Bruno Fernandes coming and maybe Gundogan making a run, what I’ll try to do in that moment is take the ball and make a cut-back into the box. “
You just play it into the box and see what happens. I don’t know if I can dribble it past him. You just have to go the other way. You want to come out wide, you want the ball and it’s 86th, 87th minute, why would you want them to press you in your own half? “
And You come out, especially when you think about him and what he’s done. I’ll be honest, sometimes the coach thinks for the players, maybe too much. But I don’t care if you have the ball or not, you just have to make the decision. “
You have to understand the game. You can’t always turn around and say ‘my coach told me that’. Why did they pass it back? Why did they pass it back? Man United will put you under pressure again and again. Why do you invite them in your half when you’re in one-on-one situations like that?”