Arsene Wenger criticises Jack Grealish after Man City’s Real Madrid defeat

Manchester City winger Jack Grealish has come under criticism from former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger following Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final defeat to Real Madrid.

City crashed out of the semi-finals of the Champions League in rather dramatic circumstances at the Estadio Bernabeu. Pep Guardiola’s side were leading 1-0 on the night and 5-3 on aggregate late on courtesy of Riyad Mahrez. Brazilian winger Rodrygo scored twice in the 90 th minute to take the tie to extra-time.

The Champions League’s top scorer this season, Karim Benzema, had his say on the clash in extra-time. His penalty, that he won himself after being fouled by Ruben Dias in the penalty area, was converted to give Real a 3-1 win on the night and a 6-5 victory on aggregate, with the Madrid giants taking on Liverpool in the final later this month in Paris.

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Rodrygo got his second of the game to level the scores on aggregate and take Real into extra-time after heading in a cross from Spanish right back Dani Carvajal.

And Wenger, who managed Arsenal between 1996 and 2018 in a run that led to three Premier League title wins and reaching the 2006 Champions League final, slammed Grealish for letting Carvajal get past him too easily and claimed incidents similar to Rodrygo’s second goal were ultimately why City lost the tie.

"When you look at 1-1, when Grealish is