{"id":1368971,"date":"2024-11-22T09:25:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T09:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1368971"},"modified":"2024-11-23T12:26:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T12:26:40","slug":"man-city-rodri-comments-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/man-city-rodri-comments-real-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Rodri just put even more pressure on Man City’s efforts to replace him?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If anyone was still in any doubt about just how important Rodri is to Manchester City<\/a>, they need only take a look at their season so far without him. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cityzens are on an unprecedented run — both for the club in the modern era and for Pep Guardiola himself — of four consecutive defeats across all competitions, losing 2-1 away at Bournemouth<\/a> and Brighton<\/a> in the Premier League<\/a>, exiting the EFL Cup to Tottenham<\/a> and, most crushingly, going down 4-1 against Sporting CP in the Champions League.<\/p>\n

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Of course, Rodri has been sidelined for longer than just those four games and of the 12 Premier League and Champions League games he’s missed in total this season, City have won eight of them and drawn another. In fact, they only won one of the three he played in — although two of those were draws against strong Arsenal<\/a> and Inter sides.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the nature of the goals and chances they’ve been conceding has shined a light on the important role Rodri plays within Guardiola’s midfield, while the raw stats speak for themselves.<\/p>\n