Bernardo Silva's brutally honest Man City admission delivers two home truths

Bernardo Silva said Manchester City simply have to do better after a month and a half that has 'not been good enough'.

A depleted City side had to come from behind twice to earn a point at Crystal Palace and while it meant they avoided a fifth Premier League defeat of the season the result left the players 'unhappy' after just one win from their last nine matches in all competitions. Silva accepts that injuries have played their part in City's predicament but is not prepared to use them as an excuse.

"With Man City it's always two points lost. One point is better than zero but we're not happy at the moment. We know our situation with injuries. Coming to Crystal Palace is never easy but we have to do better," he said.

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"When I finish a game and I get a point I'm not happy. It's not the way we built this team, it's not our standard. We know how tough it is to come here when we have all our squad and we're in top form. We have to do better, we have to react better to the second balls. We have to give them less opportunities on set-pieces.

"We created a few chances and that wasn't our problem because we scored two. We're in December. We'd like to be in a different position. If we recover our players quickly we can always do it. But right now our concern is a different one.

"If we're fourth or fifth we have to look at winning the next game. The last month and a half have not been good enough."