Latest Nottingham Forest news as Gary Neville talks about Rodri following his red card against Nottingham Forest
Gary Neville has slammed Manchester City midfielder Rodri for a moment of “absolute madness” after he was sent off against Nottingham Forest.
Rodri was shown a red card early in the second half of Forest’s 3-1 defeat to City last weekend. The midfielder put his hands to the throat of opposite number Morgan Gibbs-White, and was quickly dismissed by the referee.
Speaking about the incident on his Sky Sports podcast, Neville agreed with Guardiola over his reaction to the incident. The City manager was furious with his midfielder after the match, particularly given he will miss an upcoming fixture against rivals Arsenal.
Neville said: “Rodri is a wonderful player, a leader for Manchester City and I don’t know what he was doing on Saturday,” he explained, “it was absolute madness and I can see why Pep Guardiola is furious with him.
“Rodri not playing now against Arsenal levels this game up because City don’t have anyone who can replace him like-for-like. But they can’t have any excuses, they’ve got a strong squad and they’ve got enough talented players to come in.
“But, Haaland aside, because he’s irreplaceable, the two most important players in that fixture are Rodri and Declan Rice. So it will be big that Rodri’s missing but Arsenal need to get Rice fit for that game in two weeks.”
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