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Rodri calls for Man City teammates to reflect on individual performances after Chelsea draw

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Rodri believes Manchester City weren't themselves in Sunday's dramatic draw with Chelsea and called on his teammates to reflect on their individual performances.

City played out a thrilling 4-4 draw with Chelsea but came away the more disappointed side after going ahead three times. Erling Haaland opened the scoring from the penalty spot before Chelsea turned things around but Manuel Akanji's header ensured all was square at the break.

Haaland slid in his second 90 seconds after the restart but the home side struck back through Nicolas Jackson. Rodri then looked to have won the game with his late, deflected strike but there was one last twist in the tale.

Ruben Dias gave away a penalty deep into added time and former Blue Cole Palmer stepped up to fire it home. ALSO READ: City player ratings as Ederson and Bernardo Silva good ALSO READ: Nathan Ake adds to Man City injury concerns Rodri credited Chelsea for turning the match into one of transitions to unsettle City but was disappointed with how his side approached the game. "I think we wasn't at our best performance today," he told Sky Sports. "I think we individually we could look more to ourselves to concede four goals is not normal for us but at the same time we keep pushing.

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