“Always we talk about the statistics – the players today play for the statistics but this is the biggest mistake they can do." That is what Pep Guardiola told the media in his press conference earlier this week when asked about the form of Jack Grealish.
Grealish was signed for £100m in the summer but has four goals and three assists in all competitions to show for it to date but Guardiola's comments suggest the raw tangibles need to sometimes be scrutinised in more detail.
"Statistics are just a bit of information that we have but there are players that make the team play good and they are not into statistics. But the players say how many goals I score or how many assists," he said.
