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Dec 4, 2021 · From his stunning strike against Aston Villa to his off-the-ball work, we examine what makes Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva such a favourite of Pep Guardiola.
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Mar 29, 2024 · His Manchester City team has an abundance of technical brilliance and physical prowess, with the ability to simultaneously pass their opponents to death or dominate them. Perhaps their...
Jun 18, 2024 · Bernardo Silva is the ultimate team player who is eyeing Euro 2024 glory for Portugal this summer. Earlier this year, at a FIFA awards ceremony held in London, Bernardo Silva was ranked...
- Winger
- False Nine
- Pseudo-False Nine
- Attacking Midfielder
- Central Midfielder
- Pseudo-Fullback
- Conclusion
Before we take a look at the multitude of roles he has fulfilled in Guardiola’s new system, let us quickly take a look at his work as a winger. Since the statement 3-1 win over Chelsea where the Catalan manager pulled out his new system, Silva has only featured in a wide role once – against Crystal Palace. In this match, Silva started off on the ri...
Given the various injuries to their strikers in the last few months (and, at times, Guardiola’s tactical decisions), Manchester City have often employed a false nine. Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez, and Silva have all been tried out in the role, with the Portuguese international being preferred when all three were on the pitch together against Arsen...
The term ‘pseudo-false nine’ seems to be a clear case of tautology, but it is notably different from the pure false nine. With Guardiola, nothing is impossible, so Silva has been used in such a role too. The best example of this role came against Tottenham Hotspur when Silva was the right-sided midfielder on paper with Gabriel Jesus being the recog...
Bernardo Silva’s latest role was seen in the Champions League tie against Borussia Mönchengladbach when he was deployed behind Gabriel Jesus (the striker) in a 4-2-3-1. Here, he stayed on the right of Jesus in the front line, rarely dropping deep as he did against Tottenham Hotspur. He had the license to get into the box here, which he used brillia...
When Manchester City signed Bernardo Silva from Monaco on May 26, 2017, for a fee potentially rising to €70 million, he was a number 8 by trade. Although his best position at the moment is up for a huge debate, he can still play in central midfield to good effect. From here too, he pushes up to the right of a front five in possession but does not g...
Silva’s versatility knows no bounds – he can even work as a fullback both in and out of possession. A major contributing factor in this is Cancelo’s role as an inverted fullback. The best example of this role was visible in Manchester City’s clash against Liverpool. You can see the positional interchange between Silva and Cancelo quite evidently he...
Words probably don’t do justice to Bernardo Silva’s brilliance this season, so we will try to let his heat map for this season do the talking. Photo: SofaScore The main takeaway from this heatmap is that Silva is pretty much everywhere. The globs on either flank can be attributed to his time as a winger, while the yellow mass around the edge of the...
Nov 26, 2021 · One of the reasons why Bernardo was so valuable to the Manchester City team during the 2018-19 campaign was because of how hard he worked both with and without the ball. His performance against Liverpool that season epitomised him as a player.
Nov 27, 2023 · Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva might be the best player in the Premier League - The Athletic. By Michael Cox. Nov 26, 2023. 115. If you looked solely at the list of positions he has played...
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Although he is known for his ability to carry the ball forward, run at defences, and retain possession, he is also known to be an intelligent team player, with a strong personality, who prefers to participate in the build-up of offensive plays rather than undertaking individual dribbling runs.
