ABU DHABI, 28th August, 2020 (WAM) — Manchester City footballer Rodrigo Hernandez (Rodri) of Spain has confirmed that he is looking forward to playing a more attacking role and scoring more goals with the team this season.
The 27-year-old Rhodri scored his side’s 2-1 win at Sheffield United in the third round of the English Premier League on Sunday evening. In the English Premier League this season.
Rhodri said, “I did a little analysis of Sheffield United’s performance and I saw that he was very focused on the opposition’s attackers and wingers, but he didn’t focus much on the midfielders.”
He added, “I tried to shoot again and again and hit 6 or 7 balls until I hit the net. Before the start of the season, I said that I would try to score more goals and be more in the penalty area. Take advantage of situations like this.. For this reason, in this match I I feel happy with the goal.”
Yesterday, Rodri scored his second goal in 3 Championship appearances for the team this season, noting that he only scored two goals in his career in the Championship throughout last season, which he will be looking to improve upon. In the current season, Manchester City is defending its historic treble (The League, FA Cup and Premier League). European Champions).
Yesterday’s match saw more than one great number for Manchester City and their Spanish coach Josep Guardiola after winning their first 3 matches of the English Premier League season for the first time since Guardiola took charge in the 2016-2017 season. .
Manchester City handed their Spanish manager a glorious historic achievement as Guardiola became the first manager in English Premier League history to reach the 200-win barrier in the Championship.
To achieve this, Guardiola needed only 269 games to break the previous record, held by Portuguese Jose Mourinho, who needed 326 games to reach this number of victories and reach it in 2020.
Guardiola was not on the pitch during yesterday’s match as he is in Spain recovering from his recent back surgery, but his assistant Juanma Lillo, who is currently overseeing the team, confirmed that Guardiola’s instructions on the team’s situation were still there.
In one of the most important games of the third round of the English Premier League, Liverpool overcame their defeat with a 2-1 win at hosts Newcastle with a clean sheet in the first half, despite Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk being sent off. Midway through the first half.
German coach Jurgen Klopp told Liverpool: “In the 1,000 matches I’ve played as a coach, I’ve never really seen a match like this… not that we changed the result in our favour, but I don’t remember. I achieved this with ten players in a situation like this in a stadium like Newcastle .. I hope it doesn’t happen because these moments are so rare and special.”
Only Manchester City have won all three matches so far as a result of the tournament, while their rivals Arsenal have dropped to fifth place with 7 points, behind West Ham, Tottenham and Liverpool, after Arsenal drew. Fulham and West Ham beat Brighton and Tottenham. Liverpool v Newcastle over Bournemouth.
This round saw 8 wins against two draws and no negative draws, bringing the goal tally to 31 goals, an average of 3.1 goals per match.