Jack Grealish has told Liverpool that Manchester City will not deter in their bid to land silverware this season after their FA Cup defeat on Saturday.
The Reds have kept their dream alive as they chase an unprecedented quadruple having already won the Carabao Cup. They remain within touching distance of the other three competitions as they prepare to face either Chelsea or Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final.
Just a point separates them from City in the Premier League while they will face Villarreal in the Champions League, with a potential final against Pep Guardiola's men or Real Madrid in sight. And in their current form, it would take a brave punter to bet against them going on to clinch all four trophies.
But that is exactly where Grealish would put his money after stating that is more determined than ever to help City go and win the double in the Premier League and Champions League. It is the England international's first season at the Etihad after his £100million move from Aston Villa last summer.
He said: “You just go in there and look at the talent and the experience that we have in that dressing room – I don’t think anyone else in the league has a dressing room like it. Our performances, the competitions we are in and where we are in the league speak for themselves.
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“We just have to pick ourselves up, go again and hopefully by the end of the season we’ll have (won) the Premier League and the Champions League.”
Liverpool blew City away in the first-half in their FA Cup encounter on Saturday when the Reds went 3-0 up before the break. Ibrahima Konate scored the first with a thumping header from a corner.
That was before Sadio Mane took over to put in one of his best performances under Klopp. His first goal came from Zack Steffen's monumental error but his second was a piece of utter class, squeezing a volley past the American from a Thiago Alcantara chipped pass.
City did come out in the second half with intent when Grealish scored within the opening exchanges while Bernardo Silva's 91st minute strike made it an interesting final couple of minutes. But in truth, Liverpool had blown Guardiola's men away.
But Grealish added: “I’m not going sit here and say excuses. I just think we came out slow. That was it. Liverpool have been the same as us, they’ve travelled the same amount as us in the last few weeks, played the same as us.
“We didn’t have the first half that we wanted to but we came in at half-time and manager made a few changes. I think we were much better for it but I think in the end it was too little, too late.”
