Bernardo Silva wants Man City leaders to step up after Arsenal defeat
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBernardo Silva dismissed the idea that Manchester City have struggled without Rodri and Kevin De Bruyne, insisting that others should be stepping up in their absence.
While City's injury picture is getting better, they have missed De Bruyne through injury since the start of the season, while John Stones only made his comeback from injury at Arsenal on Sunday.
City lost all three games of Rodri's three-match suspension over the last two weeks, with other key men missing at various points of the season.
But Bernardo - a newly-elected member of City's captaincy group - was in no mood to look for excuses after seeing the Blues beaten at Arsenal, challenging his fellow leaders to do more, while backing the Blues to fight back by sticking to the principles they know. ALSO READ: Man City finally find their best Rodri replacements at Arsenal after it's too late ALSO READ: Man City squad reactions as they left Arsenal reinforces Pep Guardiola's title race point “I’m not going to lie and say that they aren’t important players, of course they are," said Bernardo of Rodri and De Bruyne's absences. "Over the last few years Kevin and Rodri have been two of the most important players on the team.
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