‘I miss the Aston Villa Grealish’ - Pep Guardiola accused of ‘sucking the life’ out of Man City midfielder as shocking stat goes viral after Juventus defeat

Following City's 2-0 Champions League loss to Juventus on Wednesday, StatMuse FC tweeted that the 29-year-old is goalless in 44 straight games for the Manchester outfit. That led football supporters to accuse coach Guardiola of ruining the England international and that they want the "Aston Villa Grealish" back playing again.

@UtdPride wrote on X: "Total Example "The coach killed his career." Pep Guardiola and Jack Grealish were never meant to happen."

@johnathonpacino tweeted: "My goodness. That's a shocker stat. And only three years ago, Grealish was being hailed as England's next David Beckham. To be fair to him though. Guardiola has ruined him. Playing him out wide left, when he's a roaming midfielder."

@TheEuropeanLad commented: "0 goals in Jack Grealish’ last 44 games for Manchester City. One of those footballers where all the football has been sucked out of him, all that’s left is backwards passing and holding possession. I miss the Aston Villa Grealish."

@eemz_em put: "Don't be shy to say it, Pep Guardiola style has ruined him. Jack Grealish's strength at Aston Villa was ball carrying, driving at defenders and dribbling. Pep bought him knowing well his team doesn't take risks to lose ball possession. Grealish doesn't take risks anymore now."

Finally, @d_chenny wrote: "Not even a Grealish fan like that but this Pep’s fault."

After Grealish scored seven goals and bagged 10 assists in 27 appearances for Villa in an injury-hit 2020/21 season, City forked out £100 million ($139m) to sign the winger. He has scored 14 goals and notched 20 assists in 141 games for Guardiola's team and appears to be a shadow of the attacking force he once was.

Grealish, who is struggling for game time this season, will hope to help his City side to victory when they host rivals Manchester United at the Etihad in the Premier League on Sunday.