Every Manchester City fan I spoke to outside the ground in Porto after their defeat in the Champions League final asked me the same thing – ‘why didn’t he play Fernandinho?’
But I can see why City boss Pep Guardiola left his captain out, and I can understand why Rodri didn’t start either.
Pep has thought ‘I don’t need a holding midfielder in the centre’ because Chelsea play with two men on the outside in Mason Mount and
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