Bernardo Silva makes bold Liverpool admission after City loss

Manchester City ace Bernardo Silva thinks his side are no more favourite contenders for the League title

Manchester City suffered a 2-1 defeat to Leicester on Wednesday which is their second successive shock defeat as they slipped to third place in the Premier League table.

Tottenham’s 5-0 smashing of Bournemouth fired them up to second in the table but six point behind the invincible Liverpool.

And Silva feels that it will be big task to close down the gap even if his side beat Liverpool in their upcoming showdown on January 3.

"We started quite well but we weren't able to play as usual and in the end they scored an amazing goal,” Silva said.

“We are not happy but we try to overcome the situation.

"Seven points to Liverpool is starting to be a lot, we are not playing as well as we want at this part of the season. We have to find an explanation.

"We need to start winning games but we can't rely on ourselves.

“Even if we beat Liverpool now it won't be easy.

"We have lost two games that we shouldn't do if we are in a race for the title.

“There are a lot of games left and it's mathematically possible but we have to be almost perfect from now."