Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says Rodri could be the most important player today at Liverpool.

City go to Liverpool one point behind the Premier League leaders.

Asked how important Rodri will be today, Guardiola said: “A lot. He is a really, really important player.

“But not just Rodri to make a good process, we need the contribution from everyone."

On originally signing Rodri, the manager continued: “Yeah, always we try to figure out how good he will settle with us.

“He was playing in a big team, he was with Villarreal, and they play well and then after he was at Atletico Madrid, a top team.

“When you take players from those environments you expect to get someone who is well educated and has personality - but you never know.

“All teams make mistakes. there are many thousands of reasons why sometimes it doesn't work.

“Rodri was a young boy, but now with the experience and the games he has played, he has become a top class player."

Asked if Rodri could be a future manager, Pep said: “He can be yeah - always I had the theory good holding midfielders can become good managers, because they have to see the game in the whole perspective.

“It depends on the desire they have to do it, of course."