Bernardo Silva makes Man City title race admission after dramatic Liverpool win

Manchester City came back from a goal down to beat Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield to close the gap to six points on Arsenal

Bernardo Silva has admitted the Manchester City squad knew the Premier League title race would have been over if they had lost to Liverpool at Anfield. City went into the game nine points behind Arsenal after the Gunners beat Sunderland 3-0 on Saturday and it looked like it could stay that way when Dominik Szoboszlai scored a sensational free kick.

However, the Blues dug deep and equalised on 84 minutes when Erling Haaland's header looped over the Liverpool defence and Bernardo managed to stretch out his leg and guide the ball beyond Alisson. Haaland would then win it in stoppage time as he converted from the penalty spot after Matheus Nunes was brought down by Alisson.

Rayan Cherki had a goal ruled out in stoppage time but it was not enough to stop City from picking up an important three points. Reflecting on the game, Bernardo told Sky Sports: "Coming to Anfield is the toughest place in the Premier League by far.

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"Usually for most teams a draw is not a bad result but we needed to go for another goal. When I scored I was happy because we were back in the game but we needed another one and Erling got us that one."

He continued: "I feel the whole team knew today, before this game, if we lost probably the title race is over and they are still in a much better position than us but we felt like we needed to win this game. Obviously that puts us a bit closer, the hope is there, we are going to fight until the end but six points is still six points so we are happy but we need to keep doing our job."

When asked if the win points was bigger due to it being at Anfield, Bernardo dismissed that idea. "These points count as much as any other points in any other game," he said.

"It has been quite frustrating at the beginning of the year because, in my opinion, we did not do our job properly and we could be much closer to Arsenal. As I said, this is the toughest place to go in England and for me to get the first win in nine seasons, apart from the Covid year, you must imagine how tough it is to win here."