Manchester City midfielder Rodri was sent off for grabbing an opponent around the neck in a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday that extended the defending champions' perfect start to their Premier League title defense.
Phil Foden and Erling Haaland scored in the opening 14 minutes but the second half was more of a defensive effort from City after Rodri was sent off inside a minute of the restart.
Rodri — the scorer of City's winner in last season's Champions League final and arguably the team's most important player — will miss City's next three games, including a trip to likely title rival Arsenal on Oct. 8. Haaland had to settle for scoring a powerful header into the top corner from Matheus Nunes' right-wing cross in the 14th minute, which built on Foden's seventh-minute opener from a 46-pass move — the second longest passing sequence leading to a Premier League goal since figures were collated from 2006-07, according to stats company Opta.
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