{"id":1110342,"date":"2019-10-11T10:58:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T09:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1110342"},"modified":"2019-10-11T10:58:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T09:58:06","slug":"liverpool-europes-best-team-man-city-rival-rodri","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/liverpool-europes-best-team-man-city-rival-rodri\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool named as Europe&#8217;s best team by Man City rival Rodri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manchester City midfielder Rodri believes Liverpool are the best team in Europe and his side&#8217;s biggest rivals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old Spanish international joined Man City from boyhood club Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in the summer for a reported \u00a362.8m making him the club&#8217;s most expensive acquisition.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Premier League title race between the same two? Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Manchester City won the 2018\/19 Premier League, finishing one point ahead of Liverpool.<\/li>\n<li>The Reds&#8217; 97 points accumulated is the most by a non-champion in Premier League history.<\/li>\n<li>Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s men remain with a perfect record after the opening eight games of this season.<\/li>\n<li>His side boasts an eight-point lead over City, the biggest gap in Premier League history after eight games.<\/li>\n<li>Rodri believes Liverpool to be his side&#8217;s biggest rivals and the best team in Europe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7383312-alisson-is-the-golden-middle-of-the-goalkeeper-venn-diagram<\/p>\n<p>Since relocating Rodri&#8217;s been a consistent part of Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side, starting in seven of their opening eight Premier League outings, and registering one goal in the process \u2013 which came in Man City&#8217;s shock 3-2 defeat at Norwich City.<\/p>\n<p>Man City, chasing a third consecutive league crown under Guardiola, find themselves eight points behind table toppers Liverpool after suffering another surprise loss before the recent international break.<\/p>\n<p>Wolves, who had recently been struggling, would leave Manchester with an incredible 2-0 victory ultimately handing Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s men an early initiative which Rodri recognises when he named the Reds, and not neighbours Manchester United, as their biggest rivals.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Would You Rather Declan Rice or Se\u0301bastien Haller? West Ham Fans Quizzed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W2Z0BLbq1BQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know, I had never been in the city before, I don&#8217;t know how people in the city feel,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/manchester-city\/story\/3962209\/liverpool-are-best-team-in-england-and-in-europe-man-citys-rodri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>\u00a0when asked about Man City&#8217;s biggest rivals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But the team to beat is Liverpool now and that has been seen the last two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are the champions of Europe so everyone wants to beat them, not just us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re a great team, they have improved a lot of things, they&#8217;re a very good team, and they&#8217;re the best team in England and in Europe.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City midfielder Rodri believes Liverpool are the best team in Europe and his side&#8217;s biggest rivals. 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