A frustrated Erling Haaland told his teammates after the Leeds game that he could have scored five goals, and the same could be said for Jack Grealish.
Manchester City's No.10 missed a host of chances in the first half before teeing up his striker twice in the second half to bounce back and help his team to three more vital Premier League points. As precious as the assists are, Grealish could easily have gone for goal himself both times and nobody could have accused him of being greedy.
Pep Guardiola has insisted for a long time that Grealish's role at City isn't really about goals and assists, and to a degree he is right. But there is no getting away from the fact that they are the simplest way to view attacking contributions and it is the simple things that linger longest in collective minds: goals win games.
