David Silva – Football Scout

David Silva has proved me wrong – Guardiola

Steve Nicol dismisses any naysayers that VAR is not a positive after he feels it correctly ruled off Man City’s goal late on versus Tottenham.

Steve Nicol explains why Raheem Sterling has been so efficient so far this season for Man City and what’s to come from the England international.

Stewart Robson and Craig Burley discuss Christian Eriksen’s potential impact on the match if he starts for Tottenham at Manchester City.

Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola believes Liverpool are the only side better than Tottenham in Europe and are real contenders for the league title.
Pep Guardiola has admitted David Silva has proved him wrong by becoming a success at Manchester City.
The Spaniard will make his 400th appearance for the club if he features against Bournemouth on Sunday.
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Silva has won 10 major honours in 10 seasons at the Etihad including four Premier League titles, but Guardiola said he was worried…

Next season at Man City will be last one – Silva

After renewing his contract with Man City, Kyle Walker describes how he’s developed under Pep Guardiola and his hunger for more silverware. Via Man City
Manchester City midfielder David Silva has said he will leave the Premier League champions at the end of the 2019-20 season.
Asked if he would stay beyond next season, the 33-year-old Spaniard was quoted as saying by the BBC: “No, this is the last one.
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“Ten years for me is enough. It’s the perfect time for me.
“Initially, City were talking about two years, but I decided to sign [for] another one, so I finished at 10 years.
“It completes the cycle. It’s a nice round figure. I can never see myself…

Silva: I am leaving Manchester City this season

David Silva puts Man City ahead in FA Cup final

FA Cup final: David Silva (26′) Manchester City 1-0 Watford

Mane tops Player Power Rankings as Silva, Mahrez split Man City vote

ESPN FC’s Craig Burley explains why Liverpool shouldn’t be considered failures after they came up short in the title race.

Steve Nicol shares his candid thoughts on Liverpool’s second place finish, as their 97 points set a record for the most ever by the runners-up.

Relive the best moments of a title race for the ages, as Man City edged Liverpool to the Premier League title, winning by a single point.

ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol praises Manchester City’s mentality and defensive superiority during their run-in to a second straight Premier league title.

Sadio Mane earned a share of the Golden Boot to top the Player Power Rankings, as our allegiances were split between a pair of Man City champions. Our global editors pick their top 10 performers from the weekend.

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Also receiving votes: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Dusan Tadic (Ajax), Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain).

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Man City’s David Silva gets 8/10, Oleksander Zinchenko’s errors earn him 5/10

Manchester City were given early worries, but returned to winning ways with a 1-3 rout of Southampton at St Mary’s.
SOUTHAMPTON, England — Manchester City moved back up to second in the Premier League by ending their mini-slump with a 3-1 win at Southampton. After missing a glut of good early chances, City took the lead through David Silva. The Saints were gifted a way back into the game when Pierre-Emile Hjobjerg latched onto Oleksander Zinchenko’s poor touch to fire in an equaliser. But City struck twice before half-time through a James Ward-Prowse own goal and Sergio Aguero’s header to cut Liverpool’s lead…

After going unbeaten in their first 15 Premier League games, the FC crew try to pinpoint what’s gone wrong for Man City in their last three out of four.

As we hit the peak of the festive season and approach the start of the January transfer window, now is a good time to take a look back at the Premier League. The competition is hitting its halfway point after 19 matches, and following a suffocating performance from Manchester City last season, the race between City and Liverpool (with Tottenham Hotspur on the outside) is shaping up to present the most exciting second half of a campaign since Leicester claimed the title in 2016.

Today, I’m going…

Arsenal boss Unai Emery was urged to take Premier League job by David Silva

Manchester United’s Jose Mourinho insists he is getting repeatedly frustrated by his side making the same mistakes every game but is happy with his side’s spirit.

Man United and Arsenal played out an entertaining draw, with Jesse Lingard scoring an equaliser 74 seconds after the Gunners had regained the lead.

Craig Burley and Steve Nicol break down Manchester United’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal in a game that the Gunners should have won.
Arsenal boss Unai Emery has said Manchester City midfielder David Silva encouraged him to seek a job in the Premier League.
Emery’s contract was not renewed after two seasons in charge of Paris Saint-Germain and was appointed as manager of the London club in May.
“At the end of last season, I met David Silva in an elevator in Valencia and he said: ‘Coach if you can, you should go to England,'” Emery told Cadena Cope radio after Wednesday’s 2-2 draw at Manchester United.
Silva, who worked under Emery…

David Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Leroy Sane all 8/10 as Man City hold on for win at Watford

It was a simple training session for Manchester City for about 80 minutes until Abdoulaye Doucoure’s goal made the visitors sweat.

WATFORD, England — Manchester City moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League as they held on in a tense finish for a 2-1 victory at Watford on Tuesday. It appeared to be business as usual when Leroy Sane and Riyad Mahrez scored either side of half-time, but Abdoulaye Doucoure’s late goal set up a dramatic finish as they pushed for an equaliser.

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Watford didn’t sit back but City were still able to employ their usual dominant gameplay, enjoying more than 70 percent possession….

Man City’s third goal vs. Man United was a two-minute demonstration of Pep Guardiola’s stunning football

Steve Nicol and Craig Burley examine Manchester City’s dominance of rivals Man United in a 3-1 derby win that showed the gulf between the two sides.

The move lasted exactly two minutes. When Manchester City scored for the final time that afternoon, lifting them to a 3-1 win over their rivals Manchester United, the move to get them there featuring a wondrous and uninterrupted sequence of possession. This was not a mere goal; this was a short film directed by Pep Guardiola.

Fittingly, given his stellar performance all afternoon, its main actor was David Silva.

Silva is now 32 years old, a stage of career by which most footballers have become…

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