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Pep Guardiola comment shows Man City criticism of Rodri after Tottenham loss is unfair
22.02.2022 - 17:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Scapegoats are a fact of football life when a team loses a game — even if that same team has just won 14 of the previous 15, and drawn the other one.
So when Manchester City ’s excellent run came to an end against Tottenham on Saturday, allowing Liverpool to inch closer at the top of the Premier League, the hunt for someone to blame was quickly underway, chiefly on social media.
Some fans were — with justification — pointing fingers at Ruben Dias, who was caught in no-man’s land as Heung Min Son darted clear from halfway for the first goal, and was similarly indecisive for Harry Kane ’s late winner.
Others noted that Aymeric Laporte, not for the first time against Spurs, was drawn out of position by Kane for the first goal and failed to spot the chief danger for the third, which was the lurking presence of the England skipper at the far post.
But many settled on Rodri, and the old debate as to whether he is fit to fill the boots of Fernandinho arose again... on the basis of one poor 90 minutes.
It has to be said that his performance against Tottenham was a long way from acceptable — but no-one will know that better than the player himself.
For the first goal Rodri was distracted by Son’s run, followed him and failed to spot that Kane was dropping to receive the ball. That tempted Laporte to follow Kane, opening up the huge gap behind the defence.
When Kane instantly played the ball around the corner, Son was long gone from Rodri and already sprinting past Dias, who stepped up in a failed attempt to play him offside.
Rodri’s bid to retrieve the situation, which should be a defensive midfielder’s priority, was leaden-footed to say the least. There was no sprint back to try to help a defence that was under the cosh.
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