Guardiola: 'I judge what I see on the pitch, the training sessions and the performances in the game'

“A day off is a day off, there is no training. They have private lives to do whatever they want. I’m not going to control what they do in their private life."

NO ISSUE: Pep Guardiola iisted he had no issue with Jack Grealish enjoying a night out – but warned he must deliver on the pitch for Manchester City.

Pictures emerged this week of the England international apparently visiting a number of venues in the north east – including a social club where he reportedly bought drinks for the locals – last weekend.

Grealish was not breaking any club rules, with the squad having been given two days off following Saturday's FA Cup fifth-round win over Plymouth.