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Two Man City stars show why they're undroppable for Pep Guardiola against Bayern Munich

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Grealish quietly crucial Jack Grealish wasn't nearly as involved in the exciting stuff in the second leg of Manchester City's Champions League win over Bayern Munich, there were no crucial goal involvements this time around but his contributions were still just as important.

As Pep Guardiola said about him earlier in the season when he was struggling, he isn't in the team for just goals and assists.

Instead, what Grealish did so excellently in the Allianz Arena was repeatedly take the sting out of the match. The number of times he picked up the ball and inevitably found himself tripped up with a free-kick won was bordering on ridiculous.

Every time it just whittled down the seconds and subdued a raucous atmosphere. In the final minutes of the game, as Bayern attempted one last flurry after leveling the scores, City wobbled a touch and it wasn't until Grealish took the ball did they calm down.

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