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Bernardo Silva has conceded that Manchester City's hopes of winning a fifth Premier League title in a row are over as his side trail Liverpool by 16 points.

City created history last season as they became the first team in Premier League history to win four consecutive titles, with Liverpool's 2019/20 team the last side to finish above the Cityzens.

And this season, five years on, it looks as though history could repeat itself as Liverpool, now managed by Arne Slot, are 16 points clear of fourth-placed Manchester City after losing just one of their 25 league games so far.



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Pep Guardiola's side, meanwhile, have lost seven Premier League fixtures, four of which came consecutively at the start of November at the hands of Bournemouth, Brighton, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool.

Now, ahead of the second leg of Manchester City's Champions League Play-Off tie against Real Madrid, Silva revealed that his side have admitted defeat in their quest to win the Premier League and succeeding in Europe is their motivation for the remainder of the campaign.

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Speaking to TNT Sports, Silva said: "Knowing the Premier League is done for us, our goal is a completely different one right now.

We know that if we stay in this competition, anything can happen.

"Of course the draw was not nice to play against Madrid, never easy, but we have the motivation of trying to do something in this competition, knowing it's a special competition and difficult one."


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