Jack Grealish sends three-finger gesture to goading Aston Villa fans after miserable return

Jack Grealish held up 3 fingers to goading Aston Villa supporters arsenic the Manchester City winger had an day to hide connected his return to Villa Park.

Starting against his boyhood nine distant from location for the first clip since his £100m move to the Etihad, Grealish was on the extremity of a 2-1 defeat arsenic City’s miserable tally of shape continued.

The England world helped Villa to promotion backmost to the Premier League successful 2019 but was booed connected each touch arsenic he saw plentifulness of the shot during the first half.

Grealish was tightly marked by erstwhile team-mate Matty Cash, who was yet booked for his 3rd foul connected the 29-year-old.

Grealish was besides progressive successful a scuffle pinch Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez connected the changeable of half-time and later lashed retired successful vexation astatine location skipper John McGinn to gain himself a yellowish card.

At full-time, arsenic City suffered their ninth conclusion successful 12 matches successful each competitions, Grealish held up 3 fingers to the Villa supporters arsenic he made his measurement down the tunnel.

The erstwhile Villa skipper whitethorn person been referring to the 3 Premier League titles he has won astatine City since joining the nine successful a British transportation grounds woody successful 2021, aliases City’s treble run successful 2023.

Grealish, who is yet to people for City this play and whose past extremity for City came a twelvemonth ago, was not the only subordinate successful Pep Guardiola’s broadside to struggle astatine Villa Park arsenic their mediocre tally of shape continued.

Top scorer Erling Haaland admitted his existent shape is not bully capable arsenic he backed Guardiola to find a solution to Man City’s dismal run.

Halaand has scored conscionable 1 extremity successful City’s past six games but the striker, who averaged a extremity a crippled for City during his first 2 seasons astatine the club, said Guardiola is not the problem.

“We person to proceed working,” Haaland told TNT Sports aft the 2-1 conclusion to Aston Villa.

“The first point I americium looking astatine is myself, I person not been doing things bully enough, person not been scoring my chances and everything. I person to beryllium better. There is simply a batch connected maine and I’ve not been bully enough.

“We cognize really important assurance is. You tin spot it. It affects each quality being [But] we person to continue. We person to enactment affirmative moreover though it is difficult. We person to support moving hard.”

Halaand pointed to Guardiola’s grounds and said the Spaniard will find a measurement to move City’s results astir contempt going done his worst tally of results arsenic a manager.

“He’s won the Premier League six times successful 7 years. We tin ne'er hide that,” Haaland said.

“He will find the solutions. He’s been doing that each year, isolated from one. We still judge successful him and we person to activity harder than ever correct now.”