Pep Guardiola claimed Rodri was the best midfielder in Europe after leading Manchester City’s 3-1 comeback win over Red Star Belgrade.
The Spain international gave a dominant display in City’s first Champions League game of the campaign and capped the performance with a wonderful strike, adding to his goal in last season’s final against Inter Milan.
“Right now he’s the best [midfielder in Europe]. Hopefully he can be better and improve but he’s an extraordinary holding midfielder,” Guardiola told a press conference. “We were lucky the club signed this player and when he arrived he wasn’t this type of player. Now he’s one of the captains. He’s a top class player.”
