Rodri has insisted he can’t single-handedly repair Manchester Metropolis’s poor kind after making his first Premier League begin in 11 months in Sunday’s 2-1 loss at Brighton.
The Spain worldwide, who recovered from a long-term ACL damage, returned to Pep Guardiola’s beginning XI however was unable to stop back-to-back league defeats.
Brajan Gruda’s late strike sealed victory for the hosts after James Milner cancelled out Erling Haaland’s opener from the penalty spot.
“I’m not Messi. I’m not going to come back again and make the staff win and win,” Rodri stated after the match. “It is a collective; once we gained prior to now, I wanted all my team-mates.
“For certain I’ve to get better and discover my finest degree. It’s not as a result of I’m again we’re going to win. It’s a collective sport. Hopefully after the break we will come again significantly better.”
Rodri admitted Metropolis’s errors are undermining them throughout a shaky begin to the season.
“Among the errors we’re doing are children’ errors, you aren’t concentrating and paying consideration,” he stated. “The fact is that now we have to boost the extent if we wish to compete.
“It’s a matter of the staff, modifications, new gamers must adapt, and if you change the staff that a lot, it’s troublesome. That is our actuality, it’s not excuses.”
Milner, who struck from the spot within the 67th minute towards his former membership, devoted his equaliser to ex-teammate Diogo Jota, who tragically died in a automobile accident.
“It was horrific [what happened to Jota],” Milner advised the BBC. “He was an awesome man and an awesome teammate. I cherished him as each. I’ve not scored for six years and I used to be carrying his quantity. Clearly I’ve obtained assist from the nice man.
“It’s good to get the objective in a victory. I’m delighted for the boys.”