Jack Grealish reveals the story behind his near sending off after scoring.메이저사이트
Man City won 3-1 against Arsenal in the 12th round of the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2022-23 season held at Emirates Stadium in London, England at 4:30 am (Korean time) on the 16th. With this victory, the points of the two teams were tied at 51 points, and Manchester City, ahead of the goal difference, took first place in the league.
The balance of zero is broken by Man City. Manchester City took the lead in the 24th minute with a calm finish by Kevin De Bruyne, who intercepted Takehiro Tomiyasu’s pass miss. But Arsenal’s counterattack was also strong. Arsenal finished the first half 1-1 with Bukayo Saka scoring a penalty kick (PK) earned by Eddy Nketia in the 42nd minute.
Both teams fought fiercely in the second half. In this situation, Man City started to take the lead again. In the 27th minute of the second half, Elling Haaland’s pass was let go by Ilkay Gundogan. Grealish, who was rushing through it, finished it off and started to lead again. In the 37th minute of the second half, Man City even scored a key goal from Haaland and eventually won 3-1.
Grealish, who scored the second goal of the day, almost got sent off. Grealish put his hand to his neck to perform the shirt-off ceremony after scoring, but did not remove the shirt. Even in dramatic moments, his composure shone. Since Grealish already received a warning in the 17th minute of the second half, he could have been sent off for cumulative warnings if he had to take off the ceremony.
Grealish was aware of this and did not perform the top-off ceremony. In an interview with ‘Amazon Prime Video’ after the match, he said with a laugh, “I tried to take my shirt off as I ran to the ceremony. But I realized I had been warned. Good thing I didn’t!” .
He even expressed his joy at the victory. “Honestly it was huge. It was a great night and it was what I wanted to do. I knew I had been doing well lately, but I wanted to make an impact in a big game. After scoring at Old Trafford last month, I said, ‘I’m going to catch Arsenal here’.” “I thought about it. Then we conceded two goals and my goal was meaningless. So scoring today is very important.”
Finally, regarding the scoring situation, Grealish joked, “I knew Gundogan would spill the ball. Had Haaland been in that position, I wouldn’t have thought I would receive it.”