Bernardo Silva hails Claudio Bravo's spot kick heroics

Bravo saved Riyad Mahrez's penalty in Tuesday's shoot-out win over Leicester after the two teams had played out a 1-1 draw in normal time.

Speaking to City's official website, Silva heaped praise on Bravo, saying that he simply doesn't lose on penalties.

'Claudio is amazing the way he saves penalties like he does. Even this summer when I was playing for Portugal against Chile he beat us on penalties,' Silva joked.

'This year he has saved us twice and it's great to be on his side when you are talking about penalties because he always wins.'

Despite his manager's suggestions that the League Cup is a unnecessary distraction, the Portuguese is keen to claim the trophy as City look for their first silverware of the season.

'I hope so, we'll see who we play, it's a two-legged semi-final and we know at this stage of the competition there are always big teams,' he explained.

'We're very happy, it's great to pass through to the semi-finals. We know it's not the main competition but it's very important for the young players.

'We controlled the first 30 minutes and then in the second half we controlled it but unfortunately they scored in the 97th minute.

'It was tough to concede a goal in the 97th minute. It seemed a tough decision but you have to respect the referee.'