Grealish reveals ‘weird’ thing about unexpected Liverpool win

Joe Williams
Jack Grealish Aston Villa

Jack Grealish says he did not “expect to play the way” he did in Aston Villa’s 7-2 thrashing of Liverpool last Sunday.

Liverpool were caught out time and again as they suffered a shock defeat to Aston Villa in the last round of Premier League fixtures.

Ollie Watkins scored a hat-trick as Aston Villa tore the Reds apart at Villa Park, while Grealish contributed two goals and three assists.


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However, Grealish has revealed that before the fixture against the Reds he had a late fitness test that could have ruled him out of the fixture.

“It was actually a weird one,” Grealish told The Guardian.

“I had a fitness test on the day of the Liverpool game (last Sunday).

“I hadn’t even trained for the two days before it because I had a sore hamstring. I didn’t expect to play the way I did.

“(It) doesn’t come around often in your lifetime as a footballer, it was crazy.”