Rodrigo: "Manchester City is the best team on the planet"

Real Madrid striker Rodrigo Goes recalled the quarter-final stage of this year's Champions League draw, in which the cream of the crop beat Manchester City in a penalty shootout (4-4, 4-3 penalties).

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"For me, Manchester City is the best team in the world that plays the best football. So I think that if the strongest opponent is eliminated, it will be easier from here," Rodrigo said, as quoted by AS with reference to GQ.