Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva scored the winning goal in the Premier League match against Newcastle after replacing Kevin de Bruyne. Pep Guardiola praised the Portuguese player at a press conference.
City rode their luck to close the gap on Arsenal at the top of the Premier League to two points with a 2-0 win over Newcastle on Saturday. Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva scored the goals for the defending champions, who were let off the hook at the Etihad by a series of glaring misses from the visitors.
Manchester City Pep Guardiola praised the Portuguese midfielder in the post-match press conference: "Bernardo has never been a top, top scorer or top assists but he helps us to play better. If you want statistics, you can go to big data and write a big article about that.
"But there are some things that people don’t come to in the data. It’s something that is unique. And Bernardo is unique. To make us, all of us, play better, be aggressive and play our rhythm that we need to play better," Guardiola added.
"He helps us to play in a different pause to have to make the explosion. He is unique. Bernardo is unique in the world in doing this," the coach concluded.