Jack Grealish was in action for Aston Villa against Bolton Wanderers in the Championship on Friday.
Grealish played well for Villa against Bolton at Villa Park in the Championship on Friday evening and scored the Villans’ opening goal in the fourth minute.
Smith has praised 23-year-old, who can operate as a winger or as an attacking midfielder, but the Villa boss has also admitted that the youngster does get frustrated.
”We spoke about it (playing deep) at half time,” Smith told The Birmingham Mail about Grealish. “I showed him three clips at half-time.
“When he causes the opposition problems is when he goes into that little pocket of space that the right-back doesn’t want to go into and the centre-half doesn’t want to go into.”
“Jack gets frustrated and he wants to come and get on the ball,” added Smith. “I’ve told him to be patient and to let the other lads find him.
“He did it better today. There are times when he comes a little bit too short and it’s easy to defend.”
Brilliant display
Grealish is one of the best players in the Championship, and on Friday evening, the 23-year-old showed why.
The former England Under-21 international attacker took four shots of which two were on target, provided three key passes, had a pass accuracy of 94%, and took 76 touches, according to WhoScored.
The attacking midfielder has scored one goal and provided two assists in 16 Championship starts for Villa so far this season, according to WhoScored.
Villa will now hope to build on the win against Bolton and put together a run of positive results in the coming weeks.
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