Rodri’s incredible streak ends at Wembley

The rare trait of Rodri It ended this Saturday. The midfielder of City of Manchester He is the player with the best unbeaten streak in the history of European football (74 unbeaten games with his club, the city) in front of Paolo Maldini and Demetrio Albertiniwith a total of 73 in Milanbut Manchester United This Saturday he ended his extraordinary streak. He united beat the team 1-2 at Wembley Pep Guardiola.

Rodrigo Hernandez has not suffered a defeat since February 5, 2023, when he fell with the City of Manchester on matchday 22 of the Premier League 1-0 against Tottenham. Since then, the Madrid midfielder has gone 74 games unbeaten, including the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, Community Shield, Champions League, European Super Cup and Club World Cup, winning 58 and drawing of 16. But united this Saturday prevented him from raising that record, where Rodri It has entered the European football annals by setting a continental record.

The losses incurred by the team are not counted in this statistic. Rodri with his City of Manchester in the Community Shield penalty shootout lost to Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal on August 6, 2023 (4-1 after 1-1) or suffered against real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, also after penalty kicks (3-4 after 1-1). In this Community Shield against the ‘gunners’ Rodri He missed his maximum penalty in the shootout.

After the historic treble last season, in the current season the City of Manchester won the Premier, the first team to win it four times in a row. If not Rodrihe city lost four games this season. In the Premier the ‘citizens’, without a midfielder due to suspension after being sent off, fell back-to-back against wolves (2-1) and Arsenal (1-0) and also lost in the defeat against Aston Villa (1-0), due to the accumulation of yellows. In the League Cup city was removed by Newcastle in a quarterfinal match where Rodri He was not called (2-0).