After Rodri voiced his displeasure, Pep Guardiola brushed off questions about the officiating during Manchester City’s match against Chelsea.
Throughout the game, City’s obvious anger was evident as multiple decisions went against them and despite multiple VAR checks, none of them produced penalties in their favor.
After the game, Rodri bemoaned, “I don’t want to dwell on the referee, but I can’t recall a game with so many VAR checks and none favoring us.”
Guardiola expressed doubt by asking for clarity on particular occurrences when questioned about Rodri’s words.
Which ones? I’m not quite sure,” he answered. “I can offer my opinions if you can identify the precise decisions. That being said, we must improve, particularly in the opening half.
Guardiola cleverly responded, “Which one? “to a question concerning the late penalty call involving Ruben Dias and Levi Colwill. What incident took place in the Chelsea box? I must have overlooked it.
Even though Rodri wasn’t happy with the choices, he agreed with the team that there is room for development and emphasized the value of defensive resiliency and personal responsibility.
“It is our responsibility to intervene when necessary,” he declared. “I’m not pointing fingers; if we want to win the league, we have to take responsibility.”
“We had the momentum and the chance to win, but luck doesn’t always favor us.” It could be exasperating.
