Jack Grealish calls for Man City to be more ruthless after Young Boys stroll

Manchester City may have maintained their 100 per cent Champions League record and booked a last-16 spot with two games to spare, but Jack Grealish feels there is still plenty of room for improvement.

Grealish spread the ball to Phil Foden to double City's lead just before half-time, with Erling Haaland's impressive finish sealing the win not long into the second half. After Sandro Lauper was sent off, City took off Haaland and captain Kyle Walker and eased into the knockout stage without any worry.

But speaking after the game, Grealish wanted City to show more ruthlessness on a night where he felt they could have registered five or six goals for the second game running.

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Asked whether City need to be more ruthless, Grealish pointed to himself before making his point about the team performance. He said: "Even myself. I need to start scoring more goals. I know what I bring to the team aside from goals and assists. Every attacking player wants to score more goals. Myself, we won 3-0 but on another day it could have been five or six."

Grealish's assist came from a pre-match instruction from manager Pep Guardiola, as he explained the benefit of cutting out the short passes to sometimes go more direct.

He explained: "Before the game, the manager said to me that because they were playing with a five, when we have the ball sometimes we go from me, to [Mateo] Kova, to Rodri. He was saying with a five, if you can, when you come inside hit there straight away instead of going to each player because it takes longer.

"When I was coming inside, I pinged it straight out to Phil [Foden] to go