They can't believe it, Jack Grealish surprised everyone in Manchester City

Manchester City was defeated 2-1 against Atletico de Madrid in the last game of the club’s Asia Summer Tour 2023, where the Spanish team surprised Pep Guardiola’s team, who could not end the Asian stage with full victories after having already beaten Yokohama F. Marinos 3-5 and Bayern Munich 1-2 in the last few days.

Equality was the predominant note of the first part of a meeting that had to be postponed for almost an hour due to the extreme weather conditions in Seoul. Despite the final defeat,  Manchester City enjoyed the best chances in the first forty-five minutes, with eleven. Dominant, except for an initial approach from Antonie Griezmann, the team kept the rival away from Ederson's goal for more than half an hour.

However, one of the big names of the game was the English international Jack Grealish, who surprised everyone at the pitch by showing a great level of football after having starred a controversial summer in which every activity in his vacation was intensively commented. The 27-year-old player was shone in the defeat as the best player in the Citizen, and he starred a great duel against the ex Chelsea player Cersar Azpilicueta, who currenyl plays for Atletico de Madrid.

The English international lived a fierce battle against ‘an old friend’

In this respect, Grealish and Azpilicueta lived a great duel, since both players have a big rivalry since the Spanish player was at Chelsea, which was translated to the game, where they were one of the biggest attractions on the pitch, while Grealish also got some hostility by the Azpilicueta’s teammates at Atletico,  since it is worth to remember that two years ago, in the round of 16 of the Champions League, Grealish had a hard time with Savic and Vrsaljko, even in the changing room tunnel, with an attempt to fight.