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Article continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues below<ul><li>Man City played out a 2-2 draw against Barcelona</li><li>Grealish scored an incredible equaliser</li><li>Ready to shine in the new campaign with City</li></ul>

VIDEO: Jack Grealish is back! Man City winger scores brilliant goal against Barcelona after insane Mateo Kovacic run to show he's serious about 2024-25 resurgence under Pep Guardiola

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The English winger <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/jack-grealish-man-city-fan-favourite-savinho-arrival-pre-season-uphill-battle-earn-pep-guardiola-trust/blta5a367e76425ffd7" target="_blank">shook off the rust</a> and put in an amazing display against the Spanish side in Orlando to shut down his critics. Mateo Kovacic started the move from defence and his lung-bursting run saw him carve open a retreating Barcelona defence. The Croatian set Grealish up with a perfectly weighted ball and the 28-year-old brushed aside a feeble challenge from Alex Valle before producing a thunderous finish from an acute angle.

WHAT HAPPENED?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">An INCREDIBLE run from <a href="https://twitter.com/mateokovacic8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mateokovacic8</a>, finished clinically by <a href="https://twitter.com/JackGrealish?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JackGrealish</a> 🔥 Watch live on CITY+ ⤵️— Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href="https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/1818464490725265870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
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WATCH THE CLIP

Grealish's goal <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/jack-grealish-back-with-a-vengeance-ederson-winners-and-losers-barcelona-beat-man-city-penalties-pre-season-tour-usa-hansi-flick-debut-pep-guardiola/blt3d85401919662f33" target="_blank">helped City get back on level terms on the hour mark</a> after Pau Victor and Pablo Torre put the Catalans ahead. However, Barcelona won 4-1 on penalties after Kalvin Phillips and Jacob Wright failed to convert which leaves Pep Guardiola's men winless after three matches in their pre-season tour of the United States.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Grealish arrived at City in 2021, as the then-most expensive Premier League signing of all time, costing £100m ($128m), and played a key role in his second campaign to help his side to win a historic treble. However, he <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/absolutely-heartbroken-jack-grealish-use-england-euro-2024-snub-motivation-most-difficult-moment-man-city-career/bltcaa9ee130b65283d" target="_blank">suffered a dip in form in the next campaign </a>and is now facing an uphill battle to regain the trust of Pep Guardiola. He took a step in the right direction in the friendly against Barcelona and now must build on that performance when City meet Chelsea in their next pre-season game on August 3.

WHAT NEXT FOR GREALISH?

VIDEO: Jack Grealish is back! Man City winger scores brilliant goal against Barcelona after insane Mateo Kovacic run to show he's serious about 2024-25 resurgence under Pep Guardiola | Goal.com Uganda

Jack Grealish scored a brilliant goal against Barcelona to prove that he is serious about a resurgence at Manchester City in 2024-25.

VIDEO: Jack Grealish is back! Man City winger scores brilliant goal against Barcelona after insane Mateo Kovacic run to show he&apos;s serious about 2024-25 resurgence under Pep Guardiola