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Pep Guardiola has bemoaned the misfortune of Manchester City's Rodri, who sustained a caller occupation successful what added insult to wounded pursuing his side's Club World Cup defeat. The midfielder was substituted connected astatine 53 minutes lone to beryllium replaced himself during other time.
Guardiola disclosed that the substitution was necessitated by an wounded setback for Rodri, who had antecedently mislaid astir an full play owed to a cruciate genu ligament ailment.
While the specifics of the wounded stay undisclosed, it marks different important stroke for City who besides saw its past hopes for silverware dashed successful an bonzer loss. Al-Hilal triumphed successful other time, notching arguably the astir startling triumph successful some the tourney and their nine history.
Guardiola remarked, "We person to spot Rodri, helium complained astir his situation, but we request clip to travel back."
He conceded his broadside were lackadaisical successful their response, yet affirmed they squandered capable opportunities to clinch the win. He reflected, "It was a hard game.
We allowed them to marque transitions we created a lot. It is simply a pity, we person been connected unthinkable travel unneurotic and truthful bully place.
Guardiola identified their susceptible defence against counter-attacks highlighting that contempt galore chances against a staunchly antiaircraft team, City's ain lapses successful antiaircraft transitions were exploited.
He stated: "The vibe was truly good, I cannot convey Manchester City capable and particularly the players for grooming and however they person bene playing. The margins are minimal, they ran into transitions a bit, but we created a lot, Bono made unthinkable saves.
"We would person loved to person continued, lone present erstwhile each 4 year, we had a feeling that the squad is doing good but we spell location and present it is clip to remainder and remainder our minds for the caller season.
"It is excessively aboriginal to accidental but truthful galore bully things I did not seen successful the past. The narration betwixt the players, our captained helped a batch and the standards with staff.
"I felt we were blessed here, the grooming sessions person been truly bully but the level of this contention is the World Cup and we regret a small spot that we allowed them to tally a spot more."
While Liverpool surely would not privation immoderate wounded connected immoderate absorption player, the quality that Rodri is not backmost to afloat fittingness would service arsenic a large pre-season boost.
The Spaniard's lack was felt by City past play arsenic Guardiola's men scraped into the Champions League and it was hoped that his instrumentality could pb to different rubric charge.
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