The hosts claimed all three points at Old Trafford after second-half goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Patrick Dorgu, whilst also seeing three goals disallowed for offside.
With Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Savinho, Oscar Bobb and John Stones missing through injury, and Matheus Nunes absent due to flu, Pep Guardiola fielded a youthful backline consisting of Academy graduates Rico Lewis and Max Alleyne, along with 21-year-old Abdukodir Khusanov.
Further youngsters Nico O’Reilly and Divine Mukasa also came on from the bench as our 13-match unbeaten run across all competitions came to an end.
Despite the disappointment Rodri believes our young side can learn lessons from the defeat and bounce back stronger.
“Football is like this. You lose and you learn from the past and you move on,” said the Spaniard in his interview with City Studios after the game.
“The young lads are doing brilliant, of course they miss the experience some times but we need to help them because they are going to be important in the next years.
“This is the way you build teams. Sometimes you need to wait a little bit to create something bigger. it’s our reality.
“We dropped many points in the last games but still we are there.
“We are going to fight until the end.”
Rodri also provided his overall verdict of the performance and touched on his personal fitness.
Watch the entire interview via the video at the top of the page.
