Rodri is going to be out for the remainder of the season due to his ACL injury. Rodri is an important piece to Pep Guardiola’s game plan. His long absence will affect the team’s performance but I don’t think it will affect Manchester City title race this season. Manchester City have the money and will buy replacement in January. I believe Pep is playing mind games with his recent comments.
With Rodri's absence due to the injury he received in the match against Arsenal, this is indeed a big loss for Man City. But that doesn't mean it will be a big problem for this team. But maybe the impact will be quite felt when Man City is now starting to get busy with all its match schedules. And as a defensive midfielder, Rodri's role is very important to support Man City to remain superior in all competitions. But Pep Guardiola now has to think of other ways so that this team can still play well and can balance the strengths in all lines.
It is not only the absence of Rodri in Manchester City squard that is going to affect them in todays game against Newcastle United but the absence of Kelvin De bruyne too, this is one of the outstanding players in Manchester City team.
It is really going to be a tough one pep Guardiola team today as they will be playing at away against Newcastle United, it would have been easier for Manchester City to win this game if they were at home, I think the best option to play this game is away win or draw and over 2.5 goals.