No chance Rodri will fly under radar, Pep

IT was all going so well for Rodri.

- SIMON BAJKOWSKI

Pep Guardiola has called for his City holding midfield to be the sort of player that has five quietly very good games rather than one outstanding match followed by a few shockers, a man whose appearances in match reports are scarce.

This can be quite the challenge for the Spaniard, not least because he is one of the biggest players in the team. He stands out without even trying to before a ball has been kicked. The most fazed Cole Palmer has looked in his promising City career is lining up next to a player that looked to be twice as wide as him.

As he adjusted to life at the Etihad following his 2019 move from Atletico he was often in the spotlight far too often as he was regularly exposed and beaten on the counter-attack in a side whose title defence crumbled.