Grealish's dancing World Cup goal celebration fulfilled a promise to a young fan

England got their 2022 World Cup run disconnected to a fantastic commencement with a runaway 6-2 victory implicit Iran, and it was Jack Grealish who got his team's last goal.

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The Three Lions deed six goals successful a lucifer astatine a 2nd consecutive World Cup, pursuing connected from their 6-1 trouncing of Panama astatine the 2018 finals successful Russia.

Grealish had travel disconnected the seat astatine the Khalifa International Stadium successful Doha, Qatar to pat location England's sixth extremity of the crippled successful the 90th minute, which helium celebrated with a jaunty jig.

But the cheeky creation regular isn't a trademark of Grealish's, nor is it a tribute to erstwhile England striker Daniel Sturridge who pulls disconnected a akin determination whenever helium hits the backmost of the net.

The 27-year-old busted a determination successful bid to support a committedness to Finlay, a young Manchester City protagonist with cerebral palsy who wrote a heart-warming missive to the guardant earlier this season. Finlay had written to Grealish aft learning that the player's sister, Hollie, besides has cerebral palsy.

As a peculiar convey you for the message, the City prima wrote backmost to his 11-year-old fan, sent him a signed shirt. But then, overmuch to Finlay's astonishment and delight, Grealish went 1 measurement further with a astonishment gathering astatine the Etihad Campus earlier this month.

"It is my imagination to conscionable you successful existent life. Imagine gathering your idol."@ManCity huffy Finlay wrote an affectional missive to his favourite subordinate and hero, @JackGrealish. What followed was a infinitesimal he'll ne'er forget. pic.twitter.com/qpdPnrMNLD

During their conversation, Grealish promised to execute a solemnisation for Finlay the adjacent clip helium scored. The youngster initially requested "The Worm" but had to settee for thing with little likelihood of causing wounded -- a shimmy coupled with a ripple of the arms.

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Grealish's adjacent extremity came not for City but for his state connected the biggest planetary signifier erstwhile chap substitute Callum Wilson raced wide earlier laying England's sixth and last extremity against Iran connected a sheet for his teammate. After finishing the chance, Grealish knew what helium had to do.

For you Finlay ❤️ pic.twitter.com/BomJEA0oy6

Posting connected societal media aft the game, Grealish made a constituent of dedicating some his extremity and his solemnisation to Finlay.

"For you Finlay," the 27-year-old wrote connected Twitter.

Finlay truly was fortunate that Grealish was capable to nonstop the connection from the Middle East, arsenic the City guardant had lone scored 1 extremity each play up to that point.

That extremity came successful the precise archetypal infinitesimal of City's 3-0 triumph astatine Wolverhampton Wanderers connected Sept. 17, truthful determination was thing pleasing astir the information that his extremity for England came successful the 90th infinitesimal against Iran.