Pep Guardiola says he is “delighted” with Jack Grealish‘s performances for Manchester City and has told the England midfielder to ignore the noise around his start to the season.
Grealish has been criticised for a perceived slow start to the new campaign and was substituted after 58 minutes of the Champions League tie with Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday with his team 1-0 down.
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Guardiola’s side eventually battled back to win 2-1 but the City boss insists Grealish is doing more than enough and reminded the 27-year-old to shut out the critics.
“I don’t have any doubts about him, not at all,” Guardiola told a news conference on Friday.
“I know him and I’m more than happy and delighted with what he’s doing.
“I don’t know [if he listens to criticism]. I don’t talk about that, if they listen to all the comments or the radio.
“There are many things outside of football, hobbies and many, many things they can do, the cleaner and better. You can live without listening to anything.
“If you played well and the people say you didn’t play well it doesn’t matter. In three more days you have another challenge to be happy and do what you have to do. The rest is not important.”
