After Manchester City’s Champions League semi-final second-leg 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid on Wednesday, former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger lambasted Jack Grealish for lacking ‘fight’.
Wenger also highlighted why Real Madrid won the Santiago Bernabeu against Manchester City.
Remember that Grealish was on the verge of putting the game to bed before Real Madrid’s comeback, having made an early impact from the bench, but Wenger believes Grealish was to blame for Rodrygo’s second of the night.
Real Madrid, on the other hand, eliminated Man City thanks to a brace from Rodrygo and a goal from Karim Benzema.
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“When you look at 1-1 when Grealish comes up against Carvajal, he gets passed too easily,” Wenger said.
“He must battle tooth and nail to put an end to that cross!”
“You don’t want the ball in the box,” he continued, “because anything can happen when everyone goes forward.”
City failed to secure the game by defending on the flanks.
Because they conceded, and even after Benzema handed the ball back, they did not really assault the defenders, and they committed major errors.”
