City thought they had lost the title says Bernardo Silva
Bernardo Silva admits Manchester City thought they had lost the title.
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| Bernardo Silva |
Steven Gerrard sprawled across the turf, Demba Ba charging down on goal, Jose Mourinho grinning gleefully on the sidelines as Liverpool’s best shot at a league title since 1990 starts to evaporate into thin air.
None of the wobbles we have seen from 2018-19 Liverpool have been anywhere near as dramatic as that singular f***-up but there is no doubt that ahead of the weekend’s Premier League games, there has been a distinct shift in momentum.
Heading towards Sunday’s big match against Chelsea it is now City who are top when just over a week ago, Liverpool blew the chance to go seven points clear.
Admittedly a win against Bournemouth in Saturday's 3pm kick-off will put Liverpool three points ahead, but recent developments have led to a gnawing feeling in the pit of their stomachs.
Liverpool's successive draws against Leicester City and West Ham have also revitalised City who, as Bernardo Silva has now conceded, felt they had lost the title after their shock defeat at Newcastle on February 1.
" A few days ago we thought we had lost the Premier League. Now we are top of the league, even if it is because we have played one game more. It is good; it is good to be back in the race and we will do our best to win all our games and do our job.
After Newcastle it was very tough on us. We were very disappointed, more than anyone else.
The players, the staff, we were all very sad because we all thought we had lost the league in that game.
Fortunately Liverpool drew against Leicester and that gave us a little bit of hope. Then there was another draw against West Ham and that means the race is on. Mentally, it is a big boost for us.
We will try to keep doing our job and don’t relax as we did against Newcastle."
They are going to win it by about eight points, aren't they?
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