Alan Shearer points the blame for Jack Grealish's cruel injury: "It's not acceptable!"

England prima Jack Grealish lasted conscionable fractional an hr during Manchester City's Champions League clash with Real Madrid astatine the Etihad and Alan Shearer was near aggravated astatine what helium thinks caused the issue

Alan Shearer slammed an 'unacceptable' intermission that whitethorn person contributed to Jack Grealish's gutting injury.

The Manchester City prima had started against Real Madrid astatine the Etihad Stadium successful the Champions League. But helium lasted conscionable fractional an hr earlier being replaced.

And Shearer believes a agelong hold earlier successful the crippled arsenic Erling Haaland's extremity was checked contributed. Both sides were forced to basal astir arsenic VAR attempted to travel to a determination implicit a constrictive offside determination earlier successful the move.

Speaking connected commentary, Shearer said: “I mentioned it, it surely doesn’t assistance erstwhile you’ve got elite athletes lasting astir for 4 minutes. It cannot assistance you oregon your body, it’s not acceptable that players had to hold for truthful long.”

Grealish was yet replaced by City teammate Phil Foden. It was a heart-breaking extremity to the winger's crippled aft starting good having been handed a accidental by Pep Guardiola.

The erstwhile Aston Villa winger had lone started 12 games successful each competitions earlier the clash with Real Madrid, but had begun brightly and played a cardinal relation successful Haaland's opening goal. It was Grealish that dinked the shot done for Josko Gvardiol, with the defender chesting into Haaland's way to occurrence home.

But determination was past a lengthy stoppage arsenic lines were drawn to find whether Haaland had immoderate portion of his assemblage beyond the ball, with the extremity yet allowed to stand.

Grealish volition anticipation that his wounded isn't superior capable to sideline him for the foreseeable aboriginal having forced himself backmost into the reckoning. The reigning Premier League champions instrumentality connected Newcastle this play earlier their instrumentality limb with Real Madrid.

Guardiola had antecedently explained that the productivity of his chap forwards, including Savinho, was the main crushed wherefore helium was benched.

He said: "Jack has this consciousness of the street. He is simply a subordinate of the street. Today astir of the players, for a manager, are world - 'you person to bash this oregon that'. Jack is simply a fighter. He is determination to combat successful the stadiums erstwhile the radical shout.

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"He didn't play the past games, chiefly due to the fact that Savinho connected the near broadside had an unthinkable transportation with Erling (Haaland) but the play is inactive open. But against Orient I saw the glimpse that helium is going to rebel, to amusement the manager however incorrect helium is. I emotion that."

January signing Nico Gonzalez was different to beryllium injured this week aft helium was taken disconnected connected his debut against Leyton Orient. But helium recovered successful clip to beryllium handed a spot connected the seat against Real.

Fellow midfielder Rodri remains restricted to the sidelines with his semipermanent genu injury. The Spaniard nevertheless has been added to City's squad for the knockout rounds of the Champions League.

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