The Portuguese international had to be substituted just before halftime in Manchester City’s 3-1 victory over Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday night.
This unfortunate incident adds to the list of players unavailable for Pep Guardiola, who is already missing Kevin de Bruyne, John Stones, Mateo Kovacic, and Jack Grealish during a busy period for the team, which recently won the treble.
So, while the victory against the Serbian champions was positive, it came with a cost for Man City. Guardiola expressed his concerns, stating, “Apparently for the next games Bernardo won’t be able to play. “We are in trouble but it is what it is. I’m not going to say we have a lot of injuries. It is what it is.”
Guardiola emphasized the team’s determination, saying, “I prefer to have everyone, but we have to go for it. As much we have this mentality, it’s good. “When we have five important players – really, really important players – injured to sustain that for a long time will be difficult.”
Among these injured players, only Kevin De Bruyne is sidelined for the long term, and Guardiola is uncertain if the others will return for Saturday’s home match against Nottingham Forest.
Some have questioned whether Manchester City has a sufficient squad size to compete for all four trophies this season. In response, Pep clarified, “We cannot have the salaries, the budgets, the transfers for 55 players.”
“It would be chaos for the clubs and would be bankrupt.”
“Sometimes it happens. It’s a long time for Kevin, John still didn’t play, needs a bit longer, maybe Kova is coming back.”
“Jack maybe one week or 10 days he will be there, but after needs to make the conditions.”
Bernardo Silva
Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva
This season he played in total 4 times for 284 minutes for Premier League.
Bernardo Silva scored 1 goal for Manchester City. He procured one assist. He received 1 yellow card and no red cards.
His team is currently 1st in Premier League. In the last match Manchester City won 3-1 against Crvena Zvezda. The next match in Premier League will be against Nottingham Forest.
Manchester City performance and stats
Manchester City is currently 1st in the Premier League with 15 points.
It has a positive goal difference after scoring 14 goals and conceding 3.
Manchester City will play the next match in Premier League against Nottingham Forest on Saturday 23rd of September in Manchester.