Man City midfielder Rodri tells Arsenal: Ref made right calls

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2 Jan 2022 • 7:07 AM MYT
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Manchester City midfielder Rodri insists they deserved their penalty in victory over Arsenal.

An incident packed second half was sparked when Bernardo Silva was brought down by Granit Xhaka inside the box just before the hour.

Referee Stuart Atwell initially waved away the Portuguese midfielder's protests but, after a VAR review, revised his decision.

Xhaka and a number of his Arsenal teammates were incensed by the decision after a first half penalty shout of their own wasn't investigated by VAR, with Martin Odegaard going down under the attentions of Ederson.

And their frustrations compounded soon after when Gabriel was shown a second yellow card for a late challenge on Gabriel Jesus.

Nonetheless, Rodrigo was under no illusions that referee Stuart Atwell called the shots correctly in London.

"I have no doubt ours was a penalty", he explained.

“At first I had doubt in the first action, but I got close to the screen (on the VAR review) and for me it is clear.

"Small details make a big difference. They made a big mistake with the second yellow for Gabriel.

“We were clever, we did not have many chances but we were so effective."


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