- Man Metropolis left Portugal with assertion five-goal benefit over Sporting Lisbon
- Pep Guardiola is making an attempt to mastermind run to the Champions League last
- Bernardo Silva scored twice however believes they've one other degree to achieve
- Catalan boss Guardiola echoed Silva and is demanding extra of his gamers
Manchester Metropolis demolished Sporting Lisbon within the Champions League final evening - then claimed they've room for enchancment.
Metropolis left Portugal with a press release five-goal benefit earlier than subsequent month's second leg as Pep Guardiola makes an attempt to mastermind one other run to the Champions League last.
However Bernardo Silva - who scored twice - believes they've one other degree to achieve, which serves as a warning to their European rivals.
'I believe within the first half we weren't that good to be profitable 4-0, we had been a bit sloppy, misplaced some simple balls to allow them to counter,' Silva mentioned.
'We had been medical, and also you want luck to attain that many targets. You may nonetheless enhance and we are able to nonetheless do higher. Typically you play higher than we did in that first half and we've gone in 0-0. We are able to all the time nonetheless enhance.'
Metropolis have set themselves as much as qualify for the quarter finals with ease and Tuesday evening was the forty third event that they've scored not less than 5 targets in a single recreation below Guardiola.
Raheem Sterling entered the membership's high 10 goalscorers of all time, with a shocking curling strike his 127th in a Metropolis shirt. Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez additionally netted in a ruthless show.
But Guardiola, who had been visibly agitated on the touchline within the second half, echoed Silva and is demanding extra of his gamers.
'We've to do yet another recreation to achieve the quarter finals,' he mentioned. 'The gamers know me and the best way we work that we are able to do higher. When it comes to our construct up a few of them may do higher.
'I am extremely glad, please do not misunderstand me, however we are able to do higher. There may be one rule in soccer: when you've gotten the ball and that is to not lose it. We had some easy passes that we misplaced. Towards the highest sides in Europe we might be punished.
'Some gamers underperformed, we misplaced simple balls, however we had been so medical. Each time we scored. The distinction between the 2 groups just isn't 0-5, they attacked with numerous gamers in entrance of the ball however we punished them on the counter. Handle the ball. Move to somebody in the identical t-shirt.
'Joao (Cancelo) missed numerous balls. We allowed them to make transitions. (However) we defended effectively. We've an obligation as a supervisor and a workforce to analyse how we did collectively. The result's a dream, such an enormous end result. We did almost an ideal Champions League final season, misplaced the ultimate and it was 'oh what a f****** failure'.'
Sporting didn't register a shot heading in the right direction or win a nook. Their supervisor, Ruben Amorim, mentioned: 'We knew it might be a tough recreation. They're in all probability one of the best workforce on the planet. Each time they bought to our field they scored.
'They're a terrific workforce and so they killed us each time they bought to our field. After the third objective it turned struggling, it was not soccer. They've extra years and a greater coach.'
Silva turned the third participant to hit double figures for Metropolis this season and likewise noticed a header disallowed for offside to disclaim him a hat-trick on his return to Lisbon. The midfielder was jeered relentlessly all through given his connections with Sporting's cross-city rivals Benfica.
'I'm Portuguese and I am from the opposite aspect of the town so it was particular to attain right here in my hometown,' he mentioned. 'It was good to start out the final 16 with a 5-0 win. It is all the time an additional motivation to come back right here to Lisbon in such an essential recreation. There may be nonetheless a job to do in Manchester. We can't chill out.'
Guardiola added: 'I all the time push him to say he wants to attain extra targets. He has all the things and the flexibility to attain extra like he has at the moment. He can win us video games. His first objective was among the best I've ever seen.'
