Sky Sports Update: Gary Neville agrees with Man City boss over Nottingham Forest Breaked record…..

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Gary Neville has slammed Manchester City midfielder Rodri for a moment of “absolute madness” after he was sent off against Nottingham Forest.

Rodri was shown a red card early in the second half of Forest’s 3-1 defeat to City last weekend. The midfielder put his hands to the throat of opposite number Morgan Gibbs-White, and was quickly dismissed by the referee.

Speaking about the incident on his Sky Sports podcast, Neville agreed with Guardiola over his reaction to the incident. The City manager was furious with his midfielder after the match, particularly given he will miss an upcoming fixture against rivals Arsenal.

Neville said: “Rodri is a wonderful player, a leader for Manchester City and I don’t know what he was doing on Saturday,” he explained, “it was absolute madness and I can see why Pep Guardiola is furious with him.

Rodri not playing now against Arsenal levels this game up because City don’t have anyone who can replace him like-for-like. But they can’t have any excuses, they’ve got a strong squad and they’ve got enough talented players to come in.

“But, Haaland aside, because he’s irreplaceable, the two most important players in that fixture are Rodri and Declan Rice. So it will be big that Rodri’s missing but Arsenal need to get Rice fit for that game in two weeks.

Steve Hodge has marked Nottingham Forest head coach Steve Cooper after he fetched up two years in charge of the club. The 43-year-old waltzed into the club in September 2021 and has already achieved the unthinkable.

The head coach has been inspired on and off the field. He has bought into the ethos of the football club and has embraced the history and expectation rather than been overawed by it.

Cooper has taken Forest back to the Premier League for the first time in 23 years. Not only that but last season he kept the club there against the odds; securing survival on the penultimate day of the season.

Hodge is a huge fan of Cooper. He has been asked to give his verdict on the head coach following his anniversary and he’s marked him out of 10 for his efforts so far.

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