"I know we won too much and the people don't want us to win, but the referee has to be neutral. It's not fair because we work so hard. When everything is finished, you are frustrated. It's one game and another game and another game and it's not possible. Honestly, I never speak about referees, I respect their job massively. But they have to pay attention to these things."
"This is what I meant by, but it's not today, it's two, three games in a row. And I don't know why honestly': we have experienced other occasions in our matches where I believe decisions have been incorrect. The bad foul by Diogo Dalot on [Jeremy] Doku at Manchester United which should have been a red card, and [Antoine] Semenyo's disallowed goal at Newcastle in the Carabao Cup."
Manchester City midfielder Rodri was fined 80,000 by the Football Association for comments criticizing referee Robert Jones following a 2-2 draw against Tottenham in February. Rodri objected to Dominic Solanke's goal, which appeared to involve contact with Marc Guehi's leg. After the match, Rodri expressed frustration about the decision and suggested a pattern of incorrect refereeing decisions across multiple games. He admitted to charges of making comments implying bias and questioning official integrity. In his written defense, Rodri referenced other disputed decisions in recent matches, including a challenge by Diogo Dalot and a disallowed goal by Antoine Semenyo. Despite the admission, he escaped additional sporting sanctions.
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