Man City goalscorer Rodri: Red Star made it tough for us

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20 Sep 2023 • 8:31 AM MYT
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Manchester City midfielder Rodri admits Red Star Belgrade made it tough for them in last night's 3-1 Champions League win.

Osman Bukari had given Red Star the lead before halftime before Julian Alvarez struck after the break. His double was followed by Rodri netting City's third to settle the game.

Rodri later said: "I think it was a tough game even though to be fair we could've scored two or three goals in the first half. We weren't clinical enough. They scored with the first chance and the same thing happened against West Ham.

"The most important thing is at half-time talking to the guys and saying 'don't panic, let's keep doing our job'. In the end we scored three goals, Julian [Alvarez] was incredible, Kyle [Walker] was close, I scored, so a complete game in all terms."

On his goal, he added: "I saw in that moment and looked for the far corner. Sometimes you don't have to shoot strong. Stefan told me at half-time the keeper was always in the air and not getting down and to the sides of the goal. Good advice!"