Manchester City's Rodri fined £80,000 for comments after Tottenham draw

[p]The 29-year-old Spain international ‌was angry after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/solanke-dominic/OrADwZse/"]Dominic Solanke[/a]'s goal was allowed to stand, despite the ‌Spurs striker appearing to kick ⁠through the ‌back of City centre-back [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guehi-marc/KEeklutO/"]Marc Guehi[/a]'s ​leg.[/p][p]The incident was reviewed by video assistant referee (VAR), which ​ruled no foul had been committed.[/p][p][b]"It was alleged that the midfielder ⁠acted in ​an improper manner during a post-match media interview by making comments that imply bias and/or question the ‌integrity of a match official and/or match officials,"[/b] the FA said in a statement.[/p][embed guid="3ef06456-dc65-46ad-808c-9e743619239d" url="https://x.com/City_Xtra/status/2031008889336938624" social-type="twitter" /][p]Rodri, the 2024 Ballon d'Or winner, had voiced his frustration with referee Robert Jones after the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/manchester-city-Wtn9Stg0/tottenham-UDg08Ohm/?mid=CWHF0ZLt"]match[/a].[/p][p][b]"I know we won too much and the people don't ‌want us to win, but ​the referee has to be neutral,"[/b] ‌he said. [b]"It's not fair because we work so hard."[/b][/p][p]Second-placed City trail leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] by seven points with a game in hand.[/p]