Jack Grealish confessed that when he first joined Manchester City, it was like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Guardiola had his own style, and it took some time for Jack to get in sync with it.
However, Pep had faith in Grealish from day one and didn't bench him in the big games.
"With me, I'm a big confidence player - I want to feel loved," said Grealish via Mancity.com. "I came back from the World Cup and my first game was against Leeds United and I should have scored at least two goals in the first half and at half-time, I was dwelling on that."
“But in the second half, I made two assists for Erling. A week later, I was on the bench at Chelsea and me and Riyad came on at the same time and I got another assist for his goal. After that, I just seemed to get more goal involvements.
"I felt I was playing well in myself, too and the manager was picking me in the big games like Arsenal in the FA Cup and Arsenal in the Premier League, Tottenham and so on. I was feeling the love off Pep, not because he said so, but just because he was playing me in all those big games."
"It's OK the manager going 'You're so important to the team, Jack' - and then not picking you on the Saturday - then you'd think, 'yeah, you're just saying that'. Pep didn't say anything at all, but he picked me for the big games and that said everything."
Last season Jack Grealish made 50 appearances across all competitions. He scored 5 goals and made 11 assists.
