Live on January 1, 2019 Manchester City beat Arsenal 2-1 in the 21st round of the Premier League, in which Rodri helped the team score the winning goal, and he talked about the match in an interview after the game.
Rodri said: "It's normal to have 2-3 games like this in a season, Arsenal they showed why they have such a ranking, they have grown rapidly under Arteta. We know they have more time than we have rest, they have 6 days to prepare for the game, and we play three games a week, as well as away games. ”
"When you don't have the physical strength to support, the game is very difficult to play, maybe we should play simpler. The team struggled a bit in the first half, but in the second half we took more control of the game and got into our own rhythm. They played well and we showed the quality of the championship. ”
"We learned from last season's game that whenever you need to work hard, we never give up and never thought it was impossible. I helped the team score goals, I don't know what I'm doing there or what Laporte is doing, it's crazy, very important three-pointers. ”
"I didn't doubt our penalties at all, I had some doubts at the beginning, but I was close to the screen and it was clear to me. A few small details made things different, and they made a big mistake, Gabriel's second yellow card. We were smart and although there weren't a lot of opportunities, the team was very efficient. ”
"It's an important moment, people think we should always be at the top level, sometimes it's impossible, I'm recovering from COVID-19, I'm a bit tired in the last 20 minutes, Cancelo played the whole game and the schedule was a bit crazy in this time period.
（vivian）