Quotes from Bernardo Silva

I finish the game, and sometimes I don't play very well, and my grandmother calls up to ask why I haven't played well. Instead of being criticised by Pep, it's my grandmother!

It's not easy to play, and I give every day 100 per cent to do my best and help the team.

I'll try to be young mentally and physically as long as I can to play as many games as possible, but I know, at one point, it will start to be more difficult.

When you are in the second position and you want to be champions, you are always under pressure.

When I was five, 10, 15 years old, I always dreamed of being in the best league in the world, playing with some of the best clubs.

You know when you arrive at one of the best clubs in the world it won't be easy to play.

When I was younger, I could never have imagined that me at 24 would have already won a league in Portugal, a league in France, a league in England, and playing for the national team.

I've been fortunate to play with many great players, including Cristiano Ronaldo for Portugal.

I am like all Portuguese people in that I admire Mourinho a lot.

My dream when I was younger was always to be a Benfica player. So when I arrived on the first team to work with a coach that didn't count on me, who put me as a left back, of course I was a bit sad.

City is a fantastic club. Not only the players but the manager and all the staff welcomed me in the best way possible. I would say it was the best decision I could ever have made.

The intensity in the Premier League is a bit higher than most of the other leagues.

The style of football we play here excites me, and I am determined to win more silverware. City gives me the best chance of doing that.

All coaches have different ways of working.

For me at 16 and 17 years old, I wasn't even playing for the academy teams. I hardly played in the starting XI for the Under 19s.

The second season is always easier than the first one. When you change, it's always more difficult. You have to adapt to the way your team plays; you have to adapt to your team-mates, to the league, to the referees.

I can play either in the centre or wide. I can do whatever the manager thinks is best for the team.

Of course Cristiano - what he has done over the last 15 years in football - is probably one of the best players ever in the history of football, so no comparison to him.

That is what happens when you play in one of the best teams in the world: you have fantastic players in your position, and you have to work hard to try and play as many minutes as you can.

I am fine. I am young. I recover fast, so I am always available to try and do my best for the team.

To be honest, I'm now at one of the best teams in the world. To be part of this club and to have this opportunity is great. I'm very happy to be part of Manchester City's team, and I look forward to trying to do my best to help the team reach their goals.

The weather is the worst. I lived many years in Lisbon and then went to Monaco, places that are similar in terms of weather and food. In Manchester, it's eight or nine months of cold, and that makes a difference, but apart from that, I'm really enjoying the city.

To be trained by Guardiola and learn from the best, you cannot say no.

I try to be as fit as I can, eating well and sleeping well, because I know how intense it is here in the Premier League, especially when you play big games like Liverpool or Tottenham.