Well, the match, namely the Newcastle vs Man City match, is like the main dish this week. Even though it is the opening match this week. I agree we can't possibly miss this match. And I am also quite confident in the quality of Man City who can still be expected to win this match even though they cannot play several of their important players such as De Bruyne and Rodri who have minor injuries and are still unable to play. Luckily this season Gundogan has returned to Man City. So when De Bruyne is absent, Man City will not have much influence there.
Dude, Rodri is out for like 9-12 months -
@FabrizioRomano
🚨🔵 Pep Guardiola: “Unfortunately Rodri got the worst outcome”.
“He got surgery this morning, ACL and some meniscus. This season is over for Rodri”.
“Next season, he will be here”.
https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/1839644611565830498
Man City are going to badly miss him, this could even tilt the title towards Arsenal.
Rodri is the most effective player for Manchester City and I know even Pep Guardiola knew this about Rodri and his effete in Manchester City. Rodri is out for 8-9 months which is a long time for this player and he also needs some time to start training with the team and get back to good form to play for Manchester City again.
You can easily understand how effective is Rodri for Manchester City if you check the data and compare it with the time when he was playing for his team.
