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WITH ROD WE STRUGGLED LESS - GUARDIOLA
Manchester Evening News
|January 03, 2026
PEP Guardiola purred over Rodri's return after the City midfielder stepped up to steer his team to a point at Sunderland.
City's star midfielder hasn't started since October after a hamstring issue complicated his comeback from an ACL injury and was only back in the squad for the first time in months for the Nottingham Forest game last Saturday. With Nico Gonzalez unabl
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