Jack Grealish has offered up an honest assessment of his first season in a Manchester City shirt.

Grealish of course signed for Manchester City in the summer of 2021, smashing the Premier League transfer record to set the Sky Blues back £100m.

With such a high price tag and much of the league having a natural hatred towards Manchester City due to their owners, there was a lot of pressure on Grealish to deliver.

However, though he showed patches of quality, it is fair to say that the 26-year-old has not been at his best this term.

Grealish scored three and assisted three in 26 league games with his most memorable moments those misses at the end of normal time during Manchester City’s second leg semi-final with Real Madrid.

Regardless of his struggles, though, Grealish still ended 2021/22 with a league title – something he has been discussing recently:

“It’s unbelievable. I ran down the tunnel and cried my eyes out,” Grealish admitted.

“Honestly, I can’t put it into words, I was crying my eyes out. The medal means everything. For me, I’ve never won it so I’m so happy!

“As a kid you want to win the Premier League and to win the Premier League… I can’t put it into words honestly. We know how good of a side Villa are and they showed it. With our quality we can beat anyone.”

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Grealish also reflected on his first season at the Etihad: “In four words, harder than I thought. I’ve enjoyed every minute. I’ve stepped out of my comfort zone but honestly this makes up for it,” Grealish added.

“I know that I can (kick-on) and I certainly will. I feel like I played my part, like that goal v West Ham. I can kick on so much more. I know myself how much of a role I have to play at this club.

“These guys here have made me feel so welcome. Honestly, the lads here are unbelievable and I love them so much. Pep’s a genius. He’s unbelievable football wise. I’d love for you to come in and watch one of his team talks before the game.

“Working with him day to day on the training pitch is unbelievable. I’ve got the medal here now so hopefully many more.”

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Published: May 22, 2022 3:10 pm

Last Updated: May 22, 2022 7:42 pm

An explanation for the absence of star attacker Richarlison from Everton’s matchday squad to face Arsenal has been provided on Sunday evening.

Frank Lampard’s Toffees are of course set to return to action in short order.

After securing the club’s top-flight status for another year courtesy of a comeback 3-2 downing of Crystal Palace in midweek, the Toffees will see out their campaign at the Emirates, in a Premier League meeting with the aforementioned Arsenal.

Though the day’s visitors have little to play for in the clash, Arsenal will be desperate for all three points, amid feint hopes of leapfrogging city rivals Tottenham into the top-4 by the close of the evening’s fixtures.

Everton, in turn, could face a tough assignment at the Emirates.

It therefore came as a major surprise when, as alluded to above, a key member of Lampard’s first-choice XI was nowhere to be seen upon the club’s latest matchday XI being unveiled.

The player in question? Richarlison:

🔵⚪️ TEAM NEWS! ⚪️🔵

Frank makes 6️⃣ changes as Tom Davies makes his first appearance since November. COYB! 👊

🔴 #ARSEVE 🔵 pic.twitter.com/dH9VAaD5wR

— Everton (@Everton) May 22, 2022

Chatter had therefore since quickly spread across the Everton fanbase, amid the suggestion that the Brazilian may have simply been afforded the evening off, in a bid to recuperate on the back of a draining few weeks.

This, however, is seemingly not the case.

As per Everton insider ‘The Bobble’, viewed as highly reliable amongst Blues circles, Richarlison has in fact been forced to sit out in north London owing to what is described as a ‘minor injury’:

Tom Davies, Jonjoe Kenny, Jarrad Branthwaite, Dele Alli, and Asmir Begovic all start for Everton for their visit at Arsenal today.

Richarlison misses out due to a minor injury 🔵

— The Bobble (@ElBobble) May 22, 2022

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By Josh Barker


Published: May 22, 2022 4:45 pm

Last Updated: May 22, 2022 11:06 pm

The race for the 2021/22 Premier League Golden Glove would go down to the final day.

As has become the norm, the fight for the Golden Glove was contested between two Brazilian greats.

Alisson bagged the award in 2018/19, keeping 21 clean sheets for Liverpool. Ederson, meanwhile, has since claimed the prize in the previous two campaigns.

2019/20 saw Ederson keep 16 clean sheets, before the Manchester City man bettered that tally by three a year later.

And, this time round, Ederson and Alisson headed into the final gameweek having both kept an impressive 20 clean sheets across the Premier League season.

Liverpool would face Wolves on the final day, whilst Manchester City took on Villa.

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And when all was said and done, the Golden Glove had to be shared between both sides.

Alisson’s attempt at earning a 21st clean sheet of the season went out the window after less than three minutes versus Wolves, owing to a mistake from Ibrahima Konate:

That wasn’t in the script! 📃

Wolves have given Liverpool a mountain to climb 🏔️ pic.twitter.com/I83bRY3qGB

— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) May 22, 2022

As for Ederson, he conceded to a Matty Cash header after 38 minutes on Sunday. This means that Alisson and Ederson are the joint 2021/22 Golden Glove winners.

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