Jack Grealish has dismissed any concerns of a Manchester City crisis after scoring the winner to beat Luton Town 2-1.
City dominated possession in the first half and had chances to take the lead but went into the break behind when Elijah Adebayo headed in for the hosts. Pep Guardiola's side responded and levelled on the hour mark through Bernardo Silva's curling effort.
Just two minutes later the Blues sealed the comeback as a brilliant ball across the box from Julian Alvarez was turned in by Grealish. The win was City's first in the Premier League since their 6-1 thrashing of AFC Bournemouth at the beginning of November and there had been some talk about the Blues being found out given they were beaten by Aston Villa in midweek and drew three successive games prior to that, albeit it against Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham. But, speaking to Sky Sports, Grealish dismissed that as nothing but outside noise.
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"Listen, I think a lot of people like to talk about City and go on about it being a big crisis," he said. "In reality we have played against very good teams; we have played Spurs who have been unbelievable, Liverpool who are top of the league and then we played Chelsea and Aston Villa away who have got one of the best records in the whole of Europe. We have played brilliant teams, won one and drew three, it is not the end of the world but people like to pretend it is sometimes.
Reflecting on the game itself, the 28-year-old added: "In ourselves we knew we had to keep calm and I am buzzing to get back to winning ways. We knew it was going to be one of those [tough] games and fair play to them [Luton], they are a really good team and a
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