Manchester City midfielder, Bernardo Silva agrees that his club’s latest title defence has been a super disappointment.
Silva, however, believes that there is still a lot to play for between now and June for Manchester City.
According to the ex Monaco player, City has failed domestically this season but they can blame some of their failings on missed chances and VAR decisions.
He added that the EPL in general has been disappointing this season and only Liverpool can hold their heads high.
His words, “The Premier League has been a huge disappointment to be so far from Liverpool and now we have to fight for the second position,”
“It hurts a lot because when you start a season, you always want to go for the Premier League, it’s the main competition and the most important for the fans. So it’s very disappointing, no one expected us to be this far from Liverpool in January or February so it’s something that we need to learn from. We need to understand what failed and how we can solve it.
“I don’t think it’s how you defend or attack, I think it’s a mix of plenty of things. I think little details make a huge difference and if you look at us this season, all the little details never went our way. It’s not an excuse, we should’ve done better, and we are very disappointed in ourselves
“But if you look at the injuries we’ve had, the VAR decisions that never went our way – and I’m not complaining, but in football, it sometimes goes your way and sometimes not. We create 30 chances per game and we score one or two goals. The opponents, they go close once or twice and they score one or two goals as well.
“The way we play is the same way we’ve been playing over the last few seasons. If you look at the stats, we’re still the team that creates the most chances and scores the most goals. But in the important moments, we’ve not been as lucky as in the past seasons. We always concede in the last minute, Liverpool always scores in the last minutes and these little details in football make the difference. The team just has to try and find a balance.”
“Liverpool haven’t surprised me, they’re one of the best sides in the world and we knew they were going to be strong this season,”
“It’s not just luck, they have a lot of merit, but with the little details, everything went their way.”
“We won the Community Shield at the beginning of the season, we’re in the final of the Carabao Cup and we’ve won in the FA Cup where everything is going well,” he added. “In the Champions League, we finished first of the group and now we have a tough game [against Real Madrid].
“The Champions League is a competition we’ve never won and I’m not going to hide that everyone at this club wants to win it. I’m very excited [about playing Real Madrid]. When you’re a young kid, you dream of playing in these competitions and playing against the best. If we deserve to win the Champions League, you have to really deserve it, you have to beat these teams to win it. It’s tough but it’s something that we’re prepared for.
“People are used to Man City winning everything. If we look at the last two and a half seasons, there’s not a team in Europe that has won as many trophies as us. It’s not that because we’re not winning one title, the team goes from being one of the best to an average team. If we win the cups and the Champions League, it’s the best season this club have ever seen so there is still a lot to fight for knowing that we still have a difficult task ahead of us.”
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