'First Step For...': Pep Guardiola Practicing Caution Despite Rodri Return

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Last Updated:May 23, 2025, 21:13 IST

Rodri made his archetypal quality for the Mancunian broadside successful implicit 8 months successful City's 3-1 triumph implicit Bournemouth and was fixed a raucous ovation erstwhile helium was subbed on.

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Manchester City brag Pep Guardiola expressed his delight connected the instrumentality of Balon d’Or victor Rodri pursuing a lengthy stint connected the sideline owed to a genu injury.

Rodri, who played a important portion successful helping City to the treble a mates of seasons ago, made his archetypal quality for the Mancunian broadside successful implicit 8 months and was fixed a raucous ovation erstwhile helium was subbed connected against Bournemouth successful the broadside 3-1 triumph implicit the Cherries.

“We’re truly pleased he’s back, truly pleased for the absorption for our radical to him, I’m beauteous definite he’s truthful pleased with that," Guardiola said.

The Spaniard, however, cautioned that it would beryllium a portion earlier the Spanish midfielder returned to his precise best.

“There’s inactive a agelong mode to beryllium the Rodri helium was," the City gaffer added.

“Guess volition beryllium adjacent play we commencement to beryllium Rodri not successful the mode similar we person seen earlier the wounded wherever helium played 70 games each 3 days," the 54-year-old said.

“It volition instrumentality longer for that due to the fact that the acquisition with this country is to beryllium cautious different person muscular problems and this benignant of stuff," Guardiola explained.

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“But this is the archetypal measurement for caput and genu inactive is not to spot Rodri the mode we cognize him," the Catalan genius stated.

City, who are placed 3rd successful the Premier League this play and locked successful a five-way-battle for the remaining 3 UCL spots, request a gully against Fulham astatine the Craven Cottage connected Sunday to unafraid their spot successful the upcoming variation of the UEFA Champions League.

Guardiola voiced easiness with their qualification chances relying connected their ain show alternatively of results from elsewhere.

“It’s better. Arriving successful the past games, it depends connected you, it depends connected us, yes it’s better," the Spaniard said.

“We person to look astatine ourselves. We request 1 constituent to beryllium successful the Champions League adjacent play and we person to spell to triumph against a apical side," helium concluded.

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Liverpool and Arsenal person punched their tickets to the elite European contention by securing the top-two places successful England, up of an engaging last gameweek which volition witnesser Chelsea and Nottingham forest, 2 of the broadside vying for a top-5 decorativeness clash against each other, portion Newcastle instrumentality connected Everton and Aston Villa invited Manchester United.

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