Jack Grealish put in another good FA Cup performance for Manchester City but still faces a fight to retain his place against Real Madrid in the Champions League.
Forced out of the Manchester City picture this term, Pep Guardiola has put his regular spot on the bench down to the good form of others. Yet he's also chosen his moments to publicly challenge Grealish to provide more when he does play, and for too often he hasn't responded.
His goal in the last round of the FA Cup vs Salford was his first in a year and he barely celebrated as a result. There was understandably more of a reaction at PSG but he couldn't back up either strike and was back to needing a performance against Leyton Orient to prove himself again. Grealish was jeered by the home fans at Brisbane Road. In fairness, when isn't he? And it quickly became clear that he was not going to use the lower league opponents to desperately get a goal.
Slowly, he got his rewards. Coming short for a corner, he got Omar Marmoush's attention and teed up Rico Lewis to fire in an equaliser via Abdukodir Khusanov's back. And when Kevin De Bruyne came on he sent a wonderful ball round the back of the defence with the outside of his boot for the run of the Belgian to win the game.
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