Bernardo Silva is set to proper a unsuitable after firing Manchester City again to the Champions League closing.
The Portugal playmaker struck twice as City overpowered Real Madrid 4-0 within the second leg of their semi-final on Wednesday to arrange a conflict with Inter Milan in subsequent month’s Istanbul showpiece.
It marks a return to the ultimate for City two years on from their disappointing loss to Chelsea on European membership soccer’s prime evening and Silva needs to make sure the result’s totally different this time.
The 28-year-old stated: “The final of the Champions League is always an unbelievable occasion.
“I’ve only played it once and the outcome was wasn’t very happy for me. Let’s try and change that.
“We know that we play against a very tough team. I watched their game on Tuesday and they are very organised collectively.
“We’re going to study them, follow the manager’s plan once again and try to, individually and collectively, put out the best possible performance, like this one, to be as close as possible to winning that game.”
City produced one of many best performances within the membership’s historical past to maneuver a step nearer to successful the competitors for the primary time.
Real Madrid, the holders and 14-time winners of the trophy, had no reply to City’s dizzying mixture of motion, pace, power and leading edge.
City made a blistering begin and maintained the depth all through. Silva put them right into a completely deserved lead after 23 minutes and added a second earlier than the interval.
An Eder Militao personal aim and late Julian Alvarez strike made the scoreline 5-1 on combination and really reflective of their superiority. Victory may have been much more emphatic with Real goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois making three high-quality saves to disclaim Erling Haaland.
City’s show ensured candy revenge for his or her loss to the identical opponents within the semi-finals final yr.
“I’m very happy because the performance was amazing,” Silva stated. “From minute one, the pressure that we put on Real Madrid’s defence – we pushed them back and we created lots of chances.
“And with our people – the energy – we felt the momentum that we created. It helped a lot.
“The second half started in a weird way where they put us under a bit of pressure but I think the team was very resilient, very organised, and the difference from this year to last year was the chances – we created most of them. We took them and we scored the goals.”
The Champions League closing could possibly be the crowning second of a wonderful treble for Pep Guardiola’s City this season.
They will declare the primary of the three trophies they’re chasing in the event that they beat Chelsea within the Premier League on Sunday.
Silva stated: “Yes, with our people again. Hopefully we can give them another happy day and give them the special moment of winning five (Premier Leagues) in six years, which is not easy in this country.
“We’re going to rest, sleep well, eat well and prepare well to be at our best and give that happiness to them because they deserve it.”
