Manchester City know they cannot let complacency set in as they aim to make Premier League history, so says Rodri.
City beat Tottenham 2-0 on Tuesday, taking a huge stride towards winning an unprecedented fourth straight Premier League title.
Erling Haaland scored twice, with his second – a calmly taken spot-kick in stoppage time – came after a string of fine stops from Stefan Ortega.
City s stand-in goalkeeper replaced the injured Ederson just after the hour mark, and twice denied Dejan Kulusevski before making an exceptional save to prevent Son Heung-min scoring in a one-v-one.
With one game left, City are two points above Arsenal, and Rodri knows the job must now be done against West Ham on Sunday.
It s unbelievable. For us, it gives us the chance to fight again in the last game, he told Sky Sports.
We know it s one more game, but you saw the character of the team, of course it wasn t our best performance, but we came here to win – that s what we do. It s the mentality of these guys, the substitutions, Stefan saved us, Jeremy was unbelievable, every player that came in was exceptional.
63 Erling Haaland has now scored 63 goals in 65 Premier League appearances; the most of any player in his first two seasons in the competition (eight ahead of Andrew Cole – 55). Inevitable.
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This is football. We have the best striker in the world and today he made the difference, but today, Stefan was simply incredible. We were 1-0 up and he made three outstanding saves. I have no words. We want to make history again, but we have one more to come.
We have the experience from against Aston Villa [in 2022]. We know it s not done. We know it s going to be tough, but if we do it, we can change history.
Kyle Walker echoed the sentiment.
We know it s not done, but we ve taken it down to the last game, in front of our fans, he said. You have to take each game as it comes.
City are now unbeaten in 22 consecutive Premier League games (W18 D4), including all 18 in 2024 (W15 D3); however, the last two teams to make as long an unbeaten start to a calendar year have failed to go on to win the title in that same year (Liverpool in 2022 – second and Chelsea in 2008 – second).
Pep Guardiola s team will sit top of the Premier League table heading into the final day of the season for the sixth time in the last seven seasons, having gone on to win the title in each of those previous campaigns.
