Jack Grealish has Man City task to complete during international games

It's been a whirlwind week for Jack Grealish, in which we have seen the highs and the lows.

After Wednesday, questions were starting to be asked of Britain's most expensive ever footballer. Manchester City were victorious against Borussia Dortmund, but only jus,t and they only managed to turn things around once Grealish — as well as Riyad Mahrez and Ilkay Gundogan — were taken off.

City were stifled by the visiting Germans, knocked off their usual rhythm and struggling to find openings against such a compact, well-marshalled defence. Hardly any Blues players were good in the opening hour but Grealish in particular struggled.

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His shots were tame and blocked, his passing snatched at, he couldn't beat a man and was often running into blind allies and looked generally bereft of confidence. As his third effort deflected out of play, he puffed out his cheeks in dejection.

It's now been more than a year since City spent a humungous £100million to sign Grealish and, while many were willing to give him a season to get acclimatised to Pep Guardiola's methods, Wednesday's performance looked as if no progress had been made at all. Those questioning critics (this writer included) were quickly made to eat their words.

Guardiola defended Grealish in the days after the game, instead blaming his teammates' lack of support on the pitch for his sub-par display, and stuck by him for the trip to Wolves. That decision was vindicated after just 55 seconds when Grealish turned in Kevin de Bruyne's cut back to open the scoring. The relief was clear on Grealish's face after finding the back of the net for the first time this season and it looked to be the perfect