Manchester City midfielder Rodri took a swipe at Real Madrid after losing to them in the Champions League quarter finals.

City were dumped out of the competition at the last eight, failing to defend the title they won last season.

However, Rodri felt that Real did not play in the appropriate way, as City had a lot of the ball for most of the game.

He stated to reporters: “Today I only seen one team.

“In terms of defending, they defend and they knew how to suffer.

“We know how tough Real Madrid are, but in my opinion we should have gone through in terms of the chances and everything.

“But they know this competition and how to play. Congratulations to them.

“It is worse to try to find an explanation. They scored their only chance. Football does not pay attention to merit, it is only about putting the ball in the net.

“We did not expect them to be so, so far deep in their set up. We had the feeling that penalties suited them better.

“If we are more precise, we win the game. Madrid has won a tie that, in my opinion, we deserved to go through.

“It is their turn again, as usual. Now we have to get the boys up, we still have things to fight for."