Football is never quite as simple as it looks. It's a team game and every action, be they positive or negative, is always in relation to another player.
Context is everything and most of the time it's not just one man who makes all the difference. But, then again, the difference between City's displays with and without Rodri make it seem like the simplest thing in the world.
If you needed it any clearer, Manchester City gave it you by putting in an assured, confident and controlled display with Rodri just four days after a frantic, chaotic and uncontrolled defeat against Wolves without him.
With his suspension not following him to Europe, the Spaniard returned to the fold for Wednesday's trip to RB Leipzig and the Blues emerged with a 3-1 win.