Rodrigo feels that Manchester City sent a message to the rest of the Premier League by beating Chelsea in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off.
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Gabriel Jesus’ strike early in the second half proved to be the difference at Stamford Bridge, as Pep Guardiola’s men deservedly came out on top in the battle between the Premier League holders and the European champions.
Our 1-0 victory represented a fifth successive Premier League clean sheet and saw us move up to second in the table, one point behind next weekend’s opponents Liverpool.
And Rodrigo is excited by what’s to come from Pep Guardiola’s men, believing City are hitting our stride when it really matters.
“It is still early but the most important thing is that we keep improving every day,” he said.
“We showed to ourselves that we can come back to the big stadiums and can compete with these guys and we beat them.
“The three points are the most important and we need to keep going. In the last game (against Southampton) we dropped two points and were stopped.
