Cornered Jack Grealish has fought his way to vital Man City status

There have been times during Jack Grealish’s Manchester City career where it looked to some like the wrong player at the wrong club under the wrong manager, but this season and in 2023 particularly Britain’s most expensive player is starting to steal the show.

Since his Manchester derby goal at Old Trafford, Grealish has started every City league game to date. An impressive feat for any player that works under Pep Guardiola, who is known for his carousel of changes between games, particularly in forward positions.

This kind of run is even more important for a player like Grealish, who struggled for consistent game time for the majority of last season, particularly in high-stakes matches with Pep’s lack of trust in Grealish evident.

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With 12 Premier League games left to play, Grealish only has to feature in half of Manchester City’s games to match the amount of games he played in the last campaign. With his place in the squad as important as ever, it looks like he will significantly improve on last season's tally of minutes, solidifying his impressive change of fortunes.

Grealish has had to completely change his playing style since his move from Aston Villa as he has had to compromise being the player every attack flowed through to just one of many cogs in Manchester City’s devastating attack.

This has led to a decline in the driving forward runs and long shots we were used to at Villa, but in recent weeks it seems the England international has finally found the balance between not risking possession and being the mercurial threat we’ve been so used to seeing in the past.

Grealish has had an increasingly big impact on City’s biggest games this season, grabbing assists in