Rodri takes BRUTAL swipe at Arsenal after Manchester City win record fourth straight Premier League title as Spaniard points out the one big difference between rivals
Rodri has taken a brutal swipe at Arsenal’s lack of title-winning mentality after Manchester City gained a record fourth consecutive Premier League crown.
Pep Guardiola’s aspect beat West Ham 3-1 on Sunday to wrap up one other title triumph, with Arsenal’s win over Everton left purely tutorial as they completed two points forward.
Spanish midfielder Rodri, who has performed an integral half in all 4 of these title wins, outlined the difference between City and Arsenal after the trophy was lifted.
He referenced the goalless draw between the two title rivals at the Etihad on March 31, with Mikel Arteta’s crew set as much as frustrate City somewhat than win the sport. They loved simply 27 per cent possession throughout the contest.
At that point, the end result allowed Liverpool to maneuver two points clear at the summit, with third-placed City a degree behind Arsenal.
But finally City’s title class once more shone by means of as they gained all 9 league matches after that to overhaul each Arsenal and Liverpool to reign supreme.
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Asked how City stay so hungry for achievement, Rodri informed Optus Sport: ‘To be trustworthy, I believe it is in right here [points to his head]. It’s the mentality.
‘[There are] nice gamers throughout the league, throughout the golf equipment.
‘Arsenal additionally they deserve [to win], they did an unbelievable season, however I skinny the difference was in right here [points to his head again].
‘When they got here right here, they confronted us at the Etihad, I noticed them and stated: “Ah, these guys, they don’t want to beat us, they just want a draw.”
‘And that mentality, I do not assume we’d do it the similar means.
‘And we caught them. At the finish, in case you give us one level, we are going to win the final seven, eight video games regardless that it is so powerful. So I believe [the title win] comes right down to mentality.’
Asked if he sensed City would win one other title after that goalless attract late March, he added: ‘We believed. But you consider you probably did it, and we all know how powerful it’s to do it.
‘We must go out on all the pitches, the Tottenham sport we had by no means gained there so it is not simple to implement this.
‘But each season, the supervisor, the gamers, discover a solution to do it. Even myself, evaluating my first season I got here right here to now, you develop lots on this sense [mental strength].’
Rodri reached a half-century of matches undefeated in the Premier League on Sunday, netting City’s third after two Phil Foden objectives set them on target for victory.
