Rodri has revealed how he peeked over the referee's shoulder as he was deciding whether to award a Manchester City penalty at Arsenal for a foul on Bernardo Silva.
City were poor in the first half against Arsenal, falling behind to a Bukayo Saka strike and they didn't improve after the break as the Gunners looked like ending the Blues' 10-game winning run.
However, Bernardo got past Granit Xhaka in the box and fell under some contact on the knees before hitting the floor as the Arsenal man took a fistful of his shirt. Referee Stuart Atwell initially ruled play on, but the Video Assistant Referee advised him to review the decision on the pitchside monitor and he changed his mind to give City the spot kick.
Arsenal and their fans were furious, especially after seeing a penalty shout of their own in the first half turned down, but Riyad Mahrez stepped up to score and level the scores. Arsenal defender Gabriel then saw two quick yellow cards for scuffing the penalty spot and then fouling Gabriel Jesus, further angering the home support.
And after a brave resistance, Rodri poked home to break Arsenal hearts and ensure the officiating would dominate the post-match conversations. However, the City midfielder believes the officials got the big decision spot on - mainly because he could see the replay at the side of the pitch.
"I have no doubt about the penalty," he said.
"I had doubt in the first action, I didn't know if there was enough contact but I get close to the screen and it's a clear penalty. I didn't watch [the Odegaard penalty shout] in the screen like I did for the second penalty."
Regarding City's win, Rodri said City showed a 'champions mentality' to keep attacking and get an unlikely win as they battled tiredness and fitness issues.
He explained: "This kind of game, you always have two or three in a season. They're an unbelievable team, they show why they're in that position. The way they grow with Mikel is huge, massive. We knew it. They had six days to prepare, we had three games in a week with travels, it's tough.
"Sometimes when you don't have physicality you have to play more easy. We struggled in the first half, second half we controlled it a bit more and could do more our game, but sometimes it's like this, the other team plays, in the stadium they press a lot. They did a good game but fortunately we saw our champions personality so we want to go again.
"I've learned from the last years you have to push always no matter what happens. We were 1-0 down in the break. Suddenly things change. Our mentality, we didn't do a great game, we pushed, never dropped, always thought it was possible. In the 90 minutes, I don't know what I was doing there with Laporte. It was crazy but three points are vital."
