We will fight tooth and Nail,Silva and Teammates out to make Pep swallow back his words

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Bernardo Silva is determined to prove to Pep Guardiola that Manchester City are ready to win the Champions League. City boss Guardiola has repeatedly talked down the Premier League champions’ prospects in Europe’s top club competition. Last month Guardiola said City were “not ready to fight for the Champions League” while this week he referred to them as “teenagers” among the continent’s elite.

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But City hardly looked like novices as they thrashed Schalke 7-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday to power into the quarter-finals. Any anxieties there may have been after a first leg that was unexpectedly tight were confidently dispelled as City eased to a 10-2 aggregate success.

“Of course we will try to prove him wrong,” said Silva, who was among the City goalscorers, of Guardiola’s recent remarks. “We know it is a difficult competition, a special competition against the best teams in Europe, but we players will try to prove him wrong.”

City took time to get into their stride but they put the result beyond doubt with three goals in the final 10 minutes of the first half. Sergio Aguero, who earlier hit the post, grabbed the first two before Leroy Sane struck against his old club for the second time in the tie.



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