‘We played like under-15s,’ fumes Bernardo Silva as angry Man City ace admits ‘we deserved’ Man Utd loss
BERNARDO SILVA has slammed Manchester City for “playing like under-15s” in their defeat to Manchester United.
Despite taking a one-nil lead through Josko Gvardiol in the first half, City were undone by two late goals from their cross-town rivals.
It saw Pep Guardiola‘s side record fall to just one win in their last 11 games.
And speaking to Sky Sports after the game, Silva, 30, said City “deserved” the result.
He said: “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.
“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.
“Looking at the game I think there was only one team that could win the game, but at the end we lost. It’s not one game, it’s a lot of games lately.
“We have to look at ourselves. You can say ‘oh that’s a bit unlucky’, no. It’s the decisions you make. Today in the last minute we played like Under-15s.”
On the “stupid” decisions City have been making, Silva continued: “We don’t want them to happen.
“It’s a bit frustrating because if you look at the game until [the] 86th minute there was only one team that could win the game.
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“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.”
Silva, who has been around for six Premier League titles, did not have any qualms about naming and shaming team-mates either.
He added: “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 [Dias] to Matheus [Nunes] and Kyle [Walker] 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.
“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.”
The defeat saw City drop outside of the top four, with City travelling to Aston Villa for their next game.
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Here are the three-time defending Premier League champions’ nightmare last 10 games…
Oct 30: Tottenham 2 Man City 1 – DEFEAT
Nov 2: Bournemouth 2 Man City 1 – DEFEAT
Nov 5: Sporting Lisbon 4 Man City 1 – DEFEAT
Nov 9: Brighton 2 Man City 1 – DEFEAT
Nov 23 – Man City 0 Tottenham 4 – DEFEAT
Nov 26: Man City 3 Feyenoord 3 – DRAW
Dec 1: Liverpool 2 Man City 0 – DEFEAT
Dec 4: Man City 3 Nottingham Forest – WIN
Dec 7: Crystal Palace 2 Man City 2 – DRAW
Dec 11: Juventus 2 Man City 0 – DEFEAT
TOTAL – WINS 1, DRAWS 2, DEFEATS 7