Guardiola: I don t know if that was a penalty in the end. Now it s too much for Rodri to play 90 minutes.

 6:21am, 2 October 2025

After drawing with Monaco 2-2, Manchester City coach Guardiola said in an interview with TNT that for Rodri, it is too much time to play for 90 minutes now.

About this match

- This is a good match. We made some decisions and created many opportunities. Unfortunately, at the last moment we were not perfect in defense against an unfair free kick and were awarded a penalty. Nico hit the ball first and had no intention of foul. But that's the truth. We got one point and we will accept it.

Is that penalty fair?

-I don't know if that was a penalty, but it was awarded. That's it.

About Haaland scored 2 goals

- He is very good, his task is to score goals, and he does a very good job. You need to find him, and it is not easy to find him when the opponent sends two centre-backs and two midfielders, but he still scores the goal.

About Rodri being replaced after 60 minutes - this is step by step, and for him, it's too many to play 90 minutes now.