Brentford 0-1 Man City (Haaland 9′)

GTECH COMMUNITY STADIUM — There were two familiar sights for Pep Guardiola on Sunday, one happy and one unhappy: Erling Haaland bullying a defender to score and Rodri going off injured, clutching his right leg.

The Manchester City striker is now only six short of a century of Premier League goals, and in just 104 appearances, but the number that his manager will be sweating on most is how many weeks, or months, Rodri may face on the sidelines.

The 29-year-old suddenly sat down in the centre circle with only 20 minutes gone at Brentford and looked over to the bench with a disconsolate expression, holding the same leg on which a Madrid surgeon operated a year ago last week.

He did at least exit under his own steam, and seemed optimistic afterwards t

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