How will Man City cope without Rodri?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
After Rodri's red card at the weekend, Pep's Manchester City will have to find a way to cope without the most reliable player in the Premier League... But is he more than that?
With the trip to Arsenal looming, Ayo is joined by City writers Sam Lee and Mark Critchley, to talk about how the Spaniard became the lynchpin of Pep’s all-conquering champions, a sliding doors moment for Kalvin Phillips and how the best 'problem-solvers' in football might try to adapt to this temporary set-back.
Produced by Adonis Pratsides & Jay Beale
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | Gibbs White has gone to ground, red card for Rodry. |
| 0:09.0 | Rodry just seemed to lose his head and saw red. |
| 0:13.3 | Rodry has established himself as one of Europe's best midfield players, |
| 0:16.7 | but Manchester City are going to have to do without him for a few weeks. |
| 0:21.3 | His red card and three-game match ban means he misses Manchester City are going to have to do without him for a few weeks. His red card and three-game match ban |
| 0:23.4 | means he misses Manchester City's trip to Arsenal |
| 0:26.1 | at the start of the next month. |
| 0:28.8 | No Premier League player has played as many games as Roder |
| 0:31.2 | since he arrived in England back in 2019. |
| 0:33.9 | And I can see why Pep Guardiola would be absolutely furious with him |
| 0:36.5 | because they haven't got anybody who can replace him like for like. |
| 0:39.5 | And in joining the likes of Kenna O'Broiner and Benado Silver on the sidelines, |
| 0:43.8 | how will Pep's problem solvers adapt to another setback? |
| 0:48.6 | I'm Ayewa Kim Willera. |
| 0:49.8 | Welcome to the Athletic Football podcast. |
| 0:52.4 | We're going to make now to shoot, Go ahead. |
| 0:55.4 | Roderie. |
| 0:58.4 | Manchester City lead in the Champions League final. |
| 1:15.5 | Okay, joining me for this one. We've got Sam Lee, Manchester City writer for The Athletic and our Manchester football correspondent, Mark Critchley as well. |
| 1:19.6 | Let's talk Roderie, you know, almost like the silent hero for Manchester City. |
| 1:23.6 | We saw the red card against Noticum Forest. |
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