Grealish curled a low effort past Lukas Hradecky in the Finland goal to put England 1-0 up in Helsinki. The Manchester City player was sent through by Angel Gomes with a neat outside-of-the-boot pass that cut through the Finnish defence and left Grealish in acres of space. After picking out the bottom right corner, Grealish followed through on his plans for a new celebration and sucked his thumb in dedication of his newly-born daughter.
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Before the game, Grealish had revealed he had been planning on the celebration for a while but had not had the chance to do it yet. He explained: "I scored for England but in the moment just so much was going on and it being against Ireland and that I just completely forgot. So, yeah, maybe next time." Fortunately for Grealish, he did not have to wait any longer.
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Grealish will return to Manchester City after the international break and travel to bottom-of-the-table Wolves. The Englishman has been in-and-out of favour under Pep Guardiola and will be eager to show he can still play an integral part and offer up a few more celebrations.