{"id":1107369,"date":"2019-09-20T18:35:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T17:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1107369"},"modified":"2019-09-20T18:06:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T17:06:16","slug":"bernardo-silva-man-city-have-nothing-to-prove-defensive-injury-crisis","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/bernardo-silva-man-city-have-nothing-to-prove-defensive-injury-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernardo Silva insists Man City have &#8220;nothing to prove&#8221; during defensive injury crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bernando Silva says Manchester City have &#8220;nothing to prove&#8221; despite them currently being amid a defensive crisis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The defending Premier League champions presently have just one centre-back available to manager Pep Guardiola, that being Nicol\u00e1s Otamendi, with Aymeric Laporte and John Stones sidelined through injury.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>City&#8217;s defensive crisis: Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Nicol\u00e1s Otamendi is the only Man City centre-back currently available to Pep Guardiola.<\/li>\n<li>Aymeric Laporte and John Stones are sidelined through injury.<\/li>\n<li>It meant Fernandinho partnered Otamendi in their 3-0 Champions League win at Shakhtar Donetsk.<\/li>\n<li>Guardiola is expected to continue with that pairing in their Premier League game at Watford.<\/li>\n<li>Bernardo Silva feels City have &#8220;nothing to prove&#8221; after what they have recently achieved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7373702-tammy-abraham-can-equal-a-unique-luis-suarez-feat-vs-liverpool<\/p>\n<p>This current predicament forced Guardiola to once again deploy Fernandinho, a defensive midfielder by trade, alongside the aforementioned Otamendi in their recent 3-0 Champions League win at Shakhtar Donetsk and chances are he&#8217;ll remain there when Watford visit.<\/p>\n<p>City&#8217;s win came days after suffering their first defeat of the season against Norwich City at Carrow Road, the 3-2 loss was compounded by defensive errors, most notably Otamendi being caught out for the Canaries third scored by Teemu Pukki.<\/p>\n<p>Silva, who is playing in his third season at the Etihad, feels there&#8217;s no reason to panic as Guardiola&#8217;s men have proven their worth in the past two championship-winning seasons and he&#8217;s expecting them to bounce back at the Hornets&#8217; expense.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chelsea Must Play Frank Lampard&#039;s Back Three w\/Rory Jennings\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SJVdL5KI2qc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People can criticise and say what they want,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11679\/11814539\/bernardo-silva-says-manchester-city-can-cope-with-their-defensive-injury-crisis\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. &#8220;We don&#8217;t need to prove anything to anyone after what we&#8217;ve done the last two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re relaxed. Of course, we&#8217;re not happy because we want to do better and we know losing against Norwich isn&#8217;t ideal, but all teams have good and bad moments. It&#8217;s impossible to stay three seasons, only with good moments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes, you will have bad moments and it&#8217;s the way you react to those bad moments that show how good a team you are and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ll try to do. Every time we&#8217;ve had bad moments in the past, we&#8217;ve always reacted well and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ll try to do again.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernando Silva says Manchester City have &#8220;nothing to prove&#8221; despite them currently being amid a defensive crisis. The defending Premier League champions presently have just one centre-back available to manager Pep Guardiola, that being Nicol\u00e1s Otamendi, with Aymeric Laporte and John Stones sidelined through injury. 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