Bernardo Silva says Manchester City improved on their defeat at Arsenal to record their best win over Manchester United in recent memory.
Bernardo Silva wants Man City leaders to step up after Arsenal defeat
09.10.2023 - 22:01 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Bernardo Silva dismissed the idea that Manchester City have struggled without Rodri and Kevin De Bruyne, insisting that others should be stepping up in their absence.
While City's injury picture is getting better, they have missed De Bruyne through injury since the start of the season, while John Stones only made his comeback from injury at Arsenal on Sunday. City lost all three games of Rodri's three-match suspension over the last two weeks, with other key men missing at various points of the season.
But Bernardo - a newly-elected member of City's captaincy group - was in no mood to look for excuses after seeing the Blues beaten at Arsenal, challenging his fellow leaders to do more, while backing the Blues to fight back by sticking to the principles they know.
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“I’m not going to lie and say that they aren’t important players, of course they are," said Bernardo of Rodri and De Bruyne's absences.
"Over the last few years Kevin and Rodri have been two of the most important players on the team. It’s also true that over the last seven years, this team has always been able to react to injuries to important players.
"So, we have to improve, those of us who are playing, and it doesn’t matter if that’s Kevin, Rodri, Ruben [Dias], whoever, we have to be ready to play the best game possible and win matches. So, we have to look at where we can improve and do so.”
Bernardo also hit back at the idea that City's set-up or principals were wrong at Arsenal, insisting that they will be far better off for sticking to what they know under Pep
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