Rodri, the amulet of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City: every time he plays his team doesn’t lose

The Spanish Rodrigo Hernandez This Sunday he added 59 games in a row without losing. After the triumph of Manchester City In the Manchester classic, the midfielder surpassed the Portuguese defender’s 58 games Ricardo Carvalho with Chelsea and became the player with the most consecutive matches in the Premier League without knowing defeat.

This is a historic achievement for a player: he hadn’t lost since February 2023, when City fell in the stadium where they are worst, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadiumagainst the Spurs (1-0). Since, every time Pep Guardiola lined up RodriCity won.

A few weeks ago, in the victory against Brentford (1-3), thanks to triplet From Phil Foden, Rodri He completed a year without knowing defeat, and this Sunday, in a comeback against the Unitedalso sponsored by a doublet of Foden, surpassed Carvalho’s mark.

The Portuguese, now retired, went unbeaten in 58 matches between November 2006 and February 2008.