Bernardo Silva Criticizes Manchester City’s Performance, Citing Poor Decisions

Following Manchester City’s defeat today, midfielder Bernardo Silva shared his thoughts with Sky Sports, stating: “We deserved what happened. At this level a game or two is unlucky. We can’t say this is lucky or unlucky – 10 games it’s not about that.” Silva elaborated on a critical moment, remarking: “Minute 87 in a derby, winning 1-0 and our corner ends in a penalty for them, if we make these stupid decisions with three or four minutes to go you deserve to pay for that.” He further assessed the match, adding: “Looking at the game I think there was only one team that could win the game, but at the end we lost.” He emphasized that the issue extends beyond a single match, asserting: “It’s not one game, it’s a lot of games lately. We have to look at ourselves. You can say oh t’s a bit unlucky, no. It’s the decisions you make. Today in the last minute we played like under-15s.” Silva expressed frustration over recurring errors, stating: “We don’t want them to happen. It’s a bit frustrating because if you look at the game until 86th minute there was only one team that could win the game. Then from a corner for Man City, you leave a centre back, Ruben stayed, but we end up with the ball at our keeper. There’s no excuse for that.” Addressing the team’s consistent struggles, he commented: “When it happens in 10 games, we have to look at ourselves and see what we can do better. There needs to be communication for us to play short or to keep the ball in the corner or something. At least if the ball ends up with one of our midfielders, just put it in the corner. Not put yourself under pressure. It’s not just the pass from Matheus to the keeper. It’s everything, how the ball ends up from Ruben to Matheus and Kyle we have to do better. Be more experienced, smarter, at this level even if you’re better than the opponent. You deserve to lose the game.” Silva concluded by acknowledging the team’s current dissatisfaction, stating: “It’s quite normal that we’re not very happy at the minute. Not just this game but the last month. We have to do better individually and collectively because it’s not the standards of Manchester City.”