Rodri made his first Premier League start in 11 months after recovering from a long-term ACL injury but could not prevent a 2-1 defeat at Brighton. Erling Haaland opened the scoring from the penalty spot, James Milner equalised before Brajan Gruda's late strike sealed the win for the hosts. Rodri emphasised that team performance, not individual returns, determines results and acknowledged a need to regain his best level. He criticised concentration lapses and called the errors "kids' mistakes," noting the challenge of many changes and new players adapting. Milner dedicated his goal to Diogo Jota, who tragically died in a car accident, and said he had not scored for six years while wearing Jota's number.
I'm not Messi. I'm not going to come back and make the team win and win. This is a collective; when we won in the past, I needed all my team-mates. For sure I have to recover and find my best level. It's not because I'm back we're going to win. It's a collective sport. Hopefully after the break we can come back much better.
Some of the mistakes we are doing are kids' mistakes, you are not concentrating and paying attention. The reality is that we have to raise the level if we want to compete. It's a matter of the team, changes, new players have to adapt, and when you change the team that much, it is difficult. This is our reality, it's not excuses.
It was horrific [what happened to Jota]. He was a great guy and a great teammate. I loved him as both. I've not scored for six years and I was wearing his number. Obviously I've got help from the great man. It's nice to get the goal in a v
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