Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva challenges squad to show Pep Guardiola they are ready to win the Champions League

Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva challenges squad to show Pep Guardiola they are ready to win the Champions League
Bernardo Silva wants the Manchester City squad to prove to Pep Guardiola they are ready to win the Champions League.City boss Guardiola has repeatedly talked down the Premier League champions’ prospects in Europe’s top club competition.3

Bernando Silva is an integral part of Manchester City’s squad

Last month Guardiola said City were “not ready to fight for the Champions League” while this week he referred to the club as “teenagers” among the continent’s elite.But City hardly looked like novices as they thrashed Schalke 7-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday to breeze through to the quarter-finals.Any anxieties there may have been after a first leg that was unexpectedly tight were confidently dispelled as City eased to a 10-2 aggregate success.“Of course we will try to prove him wrong,” said Silva, who was among the City goalscorers, of Guardiola’s recent remarks.“We know it is a difficult competition, a special competition against the best teams in Europe, but we players will try to prove him wrong.”3

Silva wants the Premier League champions to show their boss Pep Guardiola they are good enough to win the Champions League

City took time to get into their stride but they put the result beyond doubt with three goals in the final 10 minutes of the first half.Sergio Aguero, who earlier hit the post, grabbed the first two before Leroy Sane struck against his old club for the second time in the tie.Sane then tormented his former colleagues in the second half, setting up further goals for Raheem Sterling, Silva and Phil Foden before Gabriel Jesus completed the scoring.Silva said: “It feels great but, to be honest, it doesn’t really matter that it was 10-2. What matters is we are through.“We are very happy with the score, obviously. After that difficult game in Germany we weren’t expecting to win 7-0, but it’s good.3

Man City star Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling were on form in their devastating 7-0 demolition of Schalke

“The first game in Germany was very difficult. We won but we could have lost. We played with 10 players for last 30 minutes.“So it was not as easy as people might think, these two games against Schalke, but 7-0 was really good for us.” The only real source of frustration for City – or their fans, at least – was the length of time some of the decisions referred to VAR took.There were no controversial decisions but there were long delays before Sane and Sterling were awarded their goals, while another Sane goal was disallowed after a review.But Silva said: “I think it is a good thing. It helps the referees to make less mistakes.

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“Yes, of course it cuts a little bit of the emotion of the game but I think it helps the referees in all the games when there are mistakes and it helps make the game on TV a bit cleaner.”City, who were beaten in the quarter-finals by Liverpool last year, will learn their opponents for the last eight on Friday.“In these stages it is and they are all open all very difficult, so we will see what happens,” Silva added.

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