Manchester Metropolis had been dealt a doubtlessly big blow as they misplaced Rodri to an obvious knee damage 20 minutes into Sunday’s conflict with Arsenal.

Erling Haaland’s one centesimal Metropolis aim put Pep Guardiola’s staff forward on the Etihad Stadium within the weekend’s headline Premier League encounter.

Nevertheless, key midfielder Rodri – who was making his first league begin of the season – was quickly down on the turf after taking a tumble within the penalty space.

Rodri went down beneath stress from Thomas Partey, although replays confirmed there was no blame to be hooked up to the Arsenal man.

Metropolis’s medical workers handled Rodri’s proper knee earlier than the Spain worldwide – who this week hit out on the hectic fixture schedule – was taken off and changed by Mateo Kovacic.

Simply 36 seconds later, Arsenal drew stage by way of Riccardo Calafiori’s beautiful effort.

Rodri had been within the thick of it from the off, as he went down within the opening seconds, clutching his neck and face after a collision with Kai Havertz.

The previous Atletico Madrid man performed 50 instances for Metropolis in all competitions final season, lacking simply 9 video games.

Nevertheless, such is his significance to Guardiola’s staff, their win share dropped from 76% to 55.6% with out Rodri within the facet, with their factors per sport dropping from 2.5 to 1.7.





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