Jack Grealish suffers Man City injury setback as Pep Guardiola waits

Pep Guardiola could not hide the 'blow' of losing Jack Grealish so close to the start of the Premier League season.

Grealish, 28, has played a full part in City's pre-season after being left out of Gareth Southgate's England squad for the European Championship. As heartbreaking as it was for the player to miss out on the major tournament, he aimed to prove people wrong with his performances this year.

However, some discomfort felt in the days training before the Community Shield was enough for medical staff to advise he didn't travel down to Wembley. Grealish could yet miss next week's trip to Chelsea to kick off City's Premier League defence, although the belief is that he saved a longer lay-off by not featuring against United.

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"Apparently it's not much. But the last two days he didn't feel good, discomfort," said Guardiola. "The last two days we trained with the line-up, the starting XI, and he was training but the last two days, especially yesterday [Friday], his feeling wasn't good.

"We talked with the doctors and it was not fine so don't want to take a risk. I think it's not a big issue but he could not be here."

"It's a blow because he played all preseason, had the rhythm, was aggressive. The third or fourth game was really, really good. Jeremy was on holidays and joined us for two or three days. Savinho as well.

"It is what it is. During the season it happens many times; discomforts, injuries."