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Bernardo Silva insisted it is better to be in Manchester City’s position rather than Liverpool’s after the Premier League leaders were held at Crystal Palace.
Liverpool cut the gap on Pep Guardiola’s side to three points with a 2-0 victory over Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday, and City could only respond with a 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park on Monday.
City were twice thwarted by the frame of the goal, with Kevin De Bruyne and Joao Cancelo denied either side of the interval, but Palace battled valiantly to share the spoils.
Silva also squandered a pair of glorious chances in either half, with his touch letting him down from close range in the first before nudging wide from Jack Grealish’s low cross after the break.
Liverpool play their game in hand against Arsenal on Wednesday and could be top by the time the two sides meet at the Etihad Stadium on April 10, but Silva claimed he would rather be in his side’s position.
“It was a tough game, we actually played well, we controlled the game apart from one or two times,” Silva told Sky Sports after the match.
“We couldn’t score, and we should’ve scored. Nine games to go, but it’s still better to be in our position than in Liverpool’s, and they have to play in our stadium, so it’s going to be exciting.
“It’s never easy to play at any team away in the Premier League. It’s always better to win than draw, and we wanted to have an advantage of six points over Liverpool.”
The goalless draw ended a run of 18 consecutive Premier League games in which City had scored, since a 2-0 defeat to Palace in October 2021.
Guardiola’s side also mustered 18 shots in total without scoring against Palace, their biggest tally without a goal in the competition since their 18 efforts against Tottenham in August 2021.
City will be hoping to make amends in their next league outing at Burnley on April 2, after the international break and an FA Cup quarter-final trip to Southampton on Sunday.
