# ‘A day off is a day off’: Pep Guardiola relaxed over Jack Grealish pub pictures



* City manager says players judged on pitch performance
* ‘I’m not going to control what they do in their private life’

Pep Guardiola is not concerned about images that emerged this week showing Jack Grealish socialising, with Manchester City’s manager stating he judges players on how they train and play.

Grealish had two days off after last Saturday’s 3-1 FA Cup fifth round . On Sunday he was pictured in a pub in east Manchester and then at two different places, both of which also served alcohol, in the north-east later that day. Guardiola was asked if he is at ease regarding these pictures of Grealish, who was City’s record signing when he  for £100m in August 2021.



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Following surgery on a foot problem, Nathan Aké could be out for 11 weeks, Guardiola said.

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