Midfielder of Manchester City, Bernardo Silva, has hinted that there could be significant changes on the horizon for the club after what he described as a “very frustrating” campaign.
City’s Champions League trip came in the beginning on Wednesday and marked their fastest exit of the competition since the 2012-2013 season.
A 3-1 defeat against Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu sealed their destiny, after a 3-2 loss in the first stage in the Etihad Stadium.
In the meantime, in the Premier League, Pep Guardiola’s team is in fourth place, with a disadvantage of the League leaders Liverpool with 17 points prior to their upcoming collision on Sunday.
Silva shared his thoughts about the difficulties of this season.
He said: “Of course this season was very frustrating so far. There are things that we can no longer recover: the Champions League, which won the Premier League. We are from the two most important competitions, so we are very, very sad.
“I am sure that with a few changes that the club will probably make at the end of the season, because it is when you don’t win in football, we will try to bring this club back to the level that it should be. “
🚨 Bernardo Silva about the bad season of Man City: “It seems incomprehensible to me. I don’t have the correct answer. “
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Since he arrived in City in 2017, Silva has secured an impressive 17 trophies, including six Premier League titles and a Champions League crown. However, he admitted that this was his most challenging season in the club.
“No doubt,” he added. “A very difficult season. The entire season there have been many competitions where we were nowhere close to our best.
“Against Madrid we played against a very strong team, very, very experienced and very successful in this competition. But we didn’t do enough to try to win the game. Madrid was much better and good, we have to accept it and try to improve every day for next season. “
The season of the city is hampered by injuries, with important players offside, including Ballon d’Or winner Rodri, who sustained an ACL injury in September. Silva, however, refused to use injuries as an excuse for their struggles.
“It [the slump] Seems incomprehensible to me too, “he said. “I don’t have the right answer. There is a mix of many things that also happened in the club. Of course, not only the injuries, that’s no excuse. The levels of calmness and trust are not the same this season. The way the team plays is not the same and we must get it back as quickly as possible.
“Again, the number of easy balls that we have admitted. We have given them everything they always wanted, which is a game of many losses, many, many times, that they can catch us. And well, if that is the case, if you don’t do the basics well, you don’t earn to win such a game. “
Despite the difficulties this season, Silva continues to trust in Guardiola and the potential of the team to bounce back.
“Yes, of course I do that,” he said when he was asked about his faith in Guardiola. “That doesn’t change.
“There is also totally confidence in the players we have in the team because they are the same. Of course a little older, but now with new energy. “
