Goal machine Aguero is City’s Silva lining...
‘EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT HE IS FOR US’
BERNARDO Silva says he is ‘very happy’ to have Sergio Aguero back in the team after the striker made a goalscoring return from injury on Wednesday.
City brought their Champions League group stage campaign to a close in style as they comfortably defeated Marseille 3-0 at the Etihad.
Although the early loss of Eric Garcia to injury will come as a blow, Pep Guardiola was finally able to call upon the services of Aguero again, who came on with 25 minutes remaining.
The Argentine has struggled with injuries throughout 2020 and had been restricted to just four appearances this season, but it didn’t take him long to get back among the goals.
The Blues were already a goal ahead thanks to Ferran Torres’ opener when Nathan Ake’s header was saved, but Aguero was the quickest to react to turn in the rebound.
Bernardo is delighted to see him back in the side and on the score sheet.
“Very happy! Everyone knows how important he is for us,” he told BT Sport.
“He’s one of the best players that ever played for this club.
“He’s a goalscorer and he’s just a fantastic guy to have in the dressing room, for the atmosphere, for the vibe, so good to have him back.”
Raheem Sterling added a third late on to seal City’s record points total in the group stage. Bernardo, who has played in every match in the competition so far, is happy with the start the club has made and hopes they can carry the momentum on into Saturday’s Manchester derby.
“We knew we already had the first position in the group, we already qualified,” the Portuguese added.
“But still it’s always very good to finish this group stage with a good win, 3-0 at home, and yeah we’re happy and now on to the next one.
“It’s a good start for us, we know it’s not enough, but it’s a very good start.
“Now we’re into the last-16, our goal is to do better than we did in the past three seasons and that’s what we’ll try to do for sure.
“I think it’s been already a few games that we have been winning and when you win it’s always easy to go to the next game and win again, win again and win again.
“So to have these games in a row wining of course it’s very nice and we just wanted to keep going the momentum.
“We have a tough game on Saturday against Man United but we want to do well and keep winning.”
He is one of the best players who has ever played for the club Bernardo Silva on Sergio Aguero