Silva: Man City 'deserved' to lose derby to United
Bernardo Silva said Manchester City “played like under-15s” in the closing stages against Manchester United after the out-of-form Premier League champions slumped to a dismal 2-1 derby defeat on Sunday.
City appeared to be limping towards a much-needed victory at the Etihad Stadium before a calamity of errors late on, with Bruno Fernandes scoring a penalty in the 88th minute before a stoppage-time winner from Amad Diallo.
Both goals were a result of sloppy defending from City, particularly the opener after Matheus Nunes gave the ball away before chopping down Diallo in the box.
The defeat means City have only won one of their last 11 games in all competitions, continuing the club’s worst run of form since 2006.
“We deserved what happened,” Silva told Sky Sports. “At this level a game or two is unlucky. We can’t say this is lucky or unlucky — 10 games it’s not about that.
“Minute 87 in a derby, winning 1-0 and our corner ends in a penalty for them, if we make these stupid decisions with three or four minutes to go you deserve to pay for that. Looking at the game I think there was only one team that could win the game, but at the end we lost.
“It’s not one game, it’s a lot of games lately. We have to look at ourselves. You can say oh t’s a bit unlucky, no. It’s the decisions you make. Today in the last minute we played like under-15s.”
