Manchester City’s hopes of remaining in the Premier League
title race will hinge on how the defending champions
negotiate the next five days with matches against Everton and
Chelsea, midfielder Bernardo Silva has said.
City have 59 points from 25 games to sit three points behind
league leaders Liverpool who were held to a 1-1 draw at West
Ham United on Monday, and Silva stressed the need for his
team to capitalise when they meet Everton on Wednesday.
Pep Guardiola’s side, who could go top of the table for the first
time since early December with a victory at Goodison Park,
then host fourth-placed Chelsea on Sunday.
“We have two difficult games against Everton and Chelsea
which we want to win. If we don’t, it’ll start getting difficult to
fight for this Premier League,” Silva told reporters.
City beat Arsenal 3-1 on Sunday in a strong response to last
week’s defeat by Newcastle United but Silva said there was
plenty of room for improvement.
“We know we have to improve… sometimes we don’t play as
well as we want to. We have to improve that, to see which
mistakes we are making,” the Portuguese playmaker added.
“The atmosphere in the dressing room is fantastic, everybody
is trying to help each other… so we want to be better players
game by game, to try to be a better team and to try win some
titles at the end of the season.”
Mourinho
