Bernardo Silva-Man City in a dark place after Sporting loss

Bernardo Silva- Manchester City is in a dark place after a sporting loss. According to captain Bernardo Silva, Manchester City’s shock 4-1 defeat away at Sporting in the Champions League on Tuesday left them in a dark place. A hat-trick by Swedish striker Viktor Gyokeres saw Sporting hit back from a goal down to stun Pep Guardiola’s 2022–23 European champions, who have now lost three games in a row in all competitions for the first time since 2018.

The Portuguese said, “At the beginning of the second half, we just gave them too many opportunities to be there and score goals.” Disappointing, because we’re a bit in a dark place right now, and everything looks to be going the wrong way even when we play well. “We need to look inside, check what we’re not doing well, and improve quickly. Otherwise, it will be difficult to come back from these losses.” While injury-hit City are certainly not in a crisis, the English champions have experienced a humbling week.

First, they were knocked out of the League Cup by Tottenham Hotspur, then their 32-match unbeaten run in the Premier League was ended by Bournemouth at the weekend. When Phil Foden gave them an early lead in Lisbon on Tuesday, they seemed to have clicked back into gear, but for some wayward finishing, they might have been out of sight.

But the way they lost control of the match after Gyokeres equalized close to halftime was completely unexpected. They fell behind immediately after the interval and then conceded two needless penalties, both converted by Gyokeres, either side of Erling Haaland blasting a spot-kick against the crossbar.