Rodri said that he could not alone bring Manchester City to victory after his return to the starting XI failed to inspire the team's revival, which lost 1-2 at Brighton's headquarters on Sunday, August 31, 2025.
Rodri started his first Premier League for the club in 11 months, but Brajan Gruda's late goal cost Manchester City a second league defeat in as many weeks.
"I'm not Messi. I'm not going back and keep the team winning. It's collective. When we win in the past, I need all my teammates."
"To be sure, I have to recover and find my best level. Not because I'm back, we will win. This is a collective sport. Hopefully after this break, we can come back much better," said Rodri after the defeat at the Amex Stadium.
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Spain's Nasioal Team player, who suffered anterior cruciatum ligament injury last year, is not fussy when it comes to talking about what went wrong at Manchester City as the start of the season continued.
"Some of the mistakes we made were children's mistakes, you don't concentrate and pay attention."
"The reality is that we have to level up if we want to compete. This is a team problem, change, new players have to adapt, and when you change teams that much, it's difficult. This is our reality, this is not an excuse," said Rodri.
After Erling Haaland opened the scoring in the 34th minute, former Manchester City and Liverpool captain James Milner scored for Brighton from the penalty spot in the 67th minute.
He also paid tribute to former Diogo Jota's team-mate - who he wore the number 20 of the season after Jota's death in a car accident - with his celebration.
"It's terrible (what happened to Jota). He's a great guy and a great team-mate. I love him."
"I didn't score for six years and I wore his back number. Of course I got help from the great man."
It's good to be able to score in a win. I'm also happy for the players," Milner told the BBC.
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