• Midfielder ?so smart? asking to be taken off against Napoli
  • Sunday?s game is City?s third in eight days

Pep Guardiola is unsure if Rodri can start for Manchester City at Arsenal on Sunday given that would be a third game in eight days for the midfielder as he continues to recuperate from a setback to the serious knee injury he suffered against Mikel Arteta?s side 12 months ago.
Rodri asked to be replaced an hour into Thursday?s 2-0 Champions League win over Napoli at the Etihad Stadium in order to protect himself. That followed the 29-year-old coming off in the76th minute of last Sunday?s 3-0 home victory over Manchester United.
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