Rodrigo has certainly started the Premier League campaign in a vein of red-hot form. The forward managed to follow up his opening day effort against Wolves with an impressive brace in the second half against Southampton on Saturday at St Mary’s.
Unfortunately, his two goals in the south coast sunshine were only enough to secure a 2-2 draw for the Whites as Jesse Marsch’s side squandered a two-goal lead. However, Rodrigo currently sits on top of the Premier League’s goalscoring charts and, as it stands, he has probably been the club’s most outstanding player this season so far.
On the back of such form, it hardly seems believable that at the start of pre-season, many believed Rodrigo would be destined for a bench spot under Marsch. That notion came off the back of a frustrating 2021-22 campaign for the Spain international and if it wasn’t for the injury Luis Sinisterra picked up in Perth last month, perhaps he wouldn’t have got his chance at all this month.
