‘It cannot happen’ – Bernardo Silva claims Man City were ‘disadvantaged’ against Arsenal | OneFootball

Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva claims his side were “disadvantaged” by the fixture schedule for the game against Arsenal.

City drew 1-1 at the Emirates after Gabriel Martinelli scored a late equaliser to cancel out Erling Haaland’s opener.

But having had two days less to recover than Arsenal following their Champions League clash with Napoli on Thursday, Silva says his side were unfairly impacted.

He said: “I am saying this because we didn’t lose. If we lost, I wouldn’t say this but the reality is we cannot come to one of the most important games in the season with such a disadvantage in terms of rest.

“It is not fair to play one of these games like this. It is just not right. It cannot happen.

“I wasn’t feeling in a perfect condition to play like this and people who have not played at the highest level don’t know how it feels to play a game like this. You need to be at your best condition. We saw [Abdukodir] Khusanov getting injured because these games demand a lot.

“It is just frustrating that we couldn’t be at our best level simply because of the decision of someone that thinks it is fair to come away after two and a half less days than Arsenal.

“I felt the difference in the first half. If you play at the highest level you know that two days [of rest] playing against one of the best teams in the league, away, with the travel, you need at least one more day to recover.

“It doesn’t matter if Arsenal had four, five or six days, just give us one more day and then you make it an even game.”