The hope of City of Manchester to win the title Premier League is almost over, as the defending champions have left too much ground to make up (they are 14 points behind leaders Liverpool), said the midfielder Bernard Silva. City lifted a fourth consecutive English top-flight title last season but have struggled this campaign and sit sixth in the table after winning just two of their last 10 league games.
Pep Guardiola’s side have been hit hard by injuries this season, with Ballon d’Or winner Rodri out for the rest of the season and several players spending long periods on the sidelines. “Now it’s about accepting reality. I’m not looking at Liverpool. I’m sixth in the league, I can’t look at Liverpool or Arsenal,” Silva told ‘Sky Sports’ in an interview published yesterday, Thursday.
“I’m thinking about the next game to try to win three points… I won’t say it’s impossible because in football there are no impossible things, but at the moment Manchester City is completely out of the race for the title, there’s no doubt about that . It’s too late for us.” “People say you can’t win the league until January, but you can lose it. This season the truth is we lost.”
City host 13th-placed West Ham United in the league tomorrow, Saturday, before facing fourth-tier Salford City in the FA Cup on January 11.
Source: La Verdad
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