A dejected Rodri insisted Manchester City were 'the only team' on the pitch against Real Madrid and was at a loss to explain their penalty shootout loss in the Champions League quarter-finals.
City's quest for a Double Treble came to an abrupt end at the Etihad on Wednesday night as the Spanish giants progressed to the semi-final after winning 4-3 on penalties.
After last week's thrilling 3-3 at the Santiago Bernabeu, the visitors took an early lead as Rodrygo tapped home 12 minutes in.
Real's goal appeared to galvanise Pep Guardiola's men, who dominated proceedings and eventually levelled the score through Kevin De Bruyne's 76th minute goal.
But despite their superiority, City could not find a way past Real and found themselves on the losing side after Bernardo Silva and Mateo Kovacic missed from the spot.
Speaking after the game, Rodri insisted the Premier League champions had been the better side.
'To be honest, I've only seen one team today,' he told BBC.
'We know how tough beating Madrid is, but in my opinion we should have gone through.'
City had 16 shots to Real's seven when they dismantled Madrid 4-0 in the second leg of the semi-final last season. On Wednesday night, they registered 33 shots to Real's eight as they lay siege to the visitors' goal, but had ultimately nothing to show for it.
And Rodri conceded City will regret their lack of cutting edge.
'In the end this is football,' he told Spanish broadcaster Movistar Plus+.
'We know what we do and we know that this competition does not understand merits, it understands who puts the ball in the back of the net.
'Their only shot on target they had went in, and we have were trailing for most of the game. We have had chances and if we had been more clinical, we would have
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