The local captain announced that he was leaving the club after nine seasons, and the head coach called on the team to do everything possible to give a perfect send-off to the legendary Portuguese, having won more trophies.
Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola did not express his emotions when commenting on the decision of team captain Bernardo Silvi to leave the club at the end of the current season. At the end of the day, the Portuguese playmaker put the edge on some troubling feelings, confirming that after the end of the term of the contract, Manchester, having completed its incredible nine-year era at the Etihad, was once again able to deprive Manchester.
Ahead of the important match against the championship leader, London's Arsenal, Guardiola admitted that saying goodbye to Silva would be one of the most important moments for him.
\? Absolutely. If such graves go, and in the rest of the rocks there were plenty of them, some of them will not go. It will be important to see the club without him. Having made an incredible statement for nine years and being superlative, superlative, super-important. "
Guardiola said that Silva will play a major role in the fight for titles until the end of the day. The coach openly called on his students to unite in order to give the Portuguese the best possible end to his career in England - to help him win Premier League gold and the English Cup, thus completing the national treble.
" I hope we can spend this hour well, because we deserve it,” added Pep.
During his hour of appearances at the Manchester City warehouse, Bernardo Silva demonstrated striking statistics: the Portuguese playmaker played 451 matches for the club, including 76 goals scored and 77 assists, which he also received from the team..
Silva has added to the solid list of rich leaders who have left the club over the past 12 months. Among them are teams such as Kyle Walker, Ilkay Gundogan, Ederson and Kevin de Bruyne (as well as Manuel Akanji, who is on loan at Inter Milan).
New Viconavians replaced the veterans: Ryan Cherki, Tijani Reynders, Antoine Semenyo and Mark Gehi. In addition, Niko O'Reilly and Abdukodir Khusanov became important gravers of the foundation.. Respecting such a large-scale victory, Guardiola raised the thought that his team has a psychological advantage in defeating Arsenal in the championship race.
" Cherki, for example, never won the Premier League. Khusanov was not here, for Niko the first full season, Antoine arrived a month ago, and Mark Gehi - a few years ago. “There are a lot of speeches that you can’t control,” the coach explained.
Despite the lack of familiarity among newcomers in such tournament battles, Guardiola believes that this very versatility will help the team get ready to fight for a fifth title in six rocks:.
" In order to compete well with this team, it’s the fault of the nobility that if we can’t overcome it, then it’s all over. “We don’t know this, and we’re talking about this,” summed up Pep.
The great match for the Premier League championship Manchester City - Arsenal will kick off today at 18:30 Kyiv time.