Guardiola condemns Rodri as a penalty taker

Since Kevin De Bruyne's discharge, Manchester City are looking for a substitute for penalties, but Rodri, who carried out a maximum penalty against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, will not be chosen.

The 'Sky Blues' coach, Pep Guardiola, ruled out that Rodri is the penalty taker from this moment. “No. I mean, I admire the courage with which he launched it, but it was not a good penalty. I am not amused and am concerned about this. We need a specialist to safely dispose of them. We have to practice, “the Spanish coach assured the Sky Sports network.

In recent weeks, City have missed several penalties with Raheem Sterling and Ilkay Gündogan as shooters, which has led the Manchester team to experiment with new pitchers.

Rodri: “I ignored Ederson's advice”

“The goalkeepers know each other,” explained Rodri after the game, according to the official media of the English club: “Ederson told me some things about Lloris, where he should take the penalty, but I didn't listen to him. You better focus on what you know how to do and had the confidence to shoot like I did”.

Rodri confided in himself: “These last weeks I was angry because we missed a lot of penalties, many more than we expected in big games where you have to score them. So I told my teammates that the next penalty would be taken by me. I got the ball and nobody came to take it from me, so I shot, and luckily I scored. Victory is the most important”.

The issue of erroneous maximum penalties was commented on in the team: “In the dressing room we joked about it. I'm sure the next penalty will be shot by me too”. According to Guardiola's later words, it won't be like that.