Ahead of the Game between City Rivals, Manchester United and Manchester City at the Old Trafford, Portuguese Midfielder, Bernado Silva speaks on how his team can stop the high Flying Cristiano Ronaldo and other United attackers.

Pep Guardiola and his Boys Visits the Old Trafford in a Fierce Encounter against a Manchester United team led by Under-fire Head Coach Ole Gunnar Solskjær whose Job is on the line and a lose against Man City could add to his Woes.

Both Manchester United and Manchester City needs Maximum Points to keep up with their chase for a league Glory and most especially, Top four Finish.

Man City Midfielder, Bernado Silva has highlighted his Portuguese National team Mate, Cristiano Ronaldo as a Player Who poses a serious threat to their Victory at the Old Trafford and has Revealed plans on how to stop the five-time Ballon D'or Winner and other Manchester United attackers.


"I think he is doing well. He is helping United with late winners this season," Bernardo told Sky Sports.

"He is a player that people know, he can decide the game. We're going to try and stop him, and make sure that he doesn't score on Saturday.

"But we're not playing against Cristiano, we're playing against Manchester United. We're going to be focussed on our job."

“I think mostly controlling the game with the ball, because we know how dangerous they are with players like [Edinson] Cavani and Ronaldo and when they have chances, they're lethal. They don't need much space to score.

“The only way to avoid them creating chances is with the ball, is having the ball as much as we can and trying to put them in their final third to try to prevent the counter-attacks as much as possible.

“So yeah, we're going to try and be as focused as we can to do that and win the game.”


Going Further, Silva Spoke on coming up against his National team Captain for the very First time.

"I never played against him, I'm used to having him on my side," he said in his Sky interview.

"I've played against many of my team-mates - when I play Wolves, I play against half of the national team!"

"When I play against Liverpool, I play against [Diogo] Jota, when I play against United, I play against Bruno [Fernandes] as well. There are many team-mates here in the Premier League."


Bernado Silva Further heaped Praises on Cristiano Ronaldo, tags him as an Important Player.

"Of course Cristiano is a big name, as everyone knows. It is one more game, an important one - very important for us, but just one more game.

"He's the captain, our captain, an important player for us on and off the field. The best goalscorer for Portugal and all countries. He's a player that everyone knows. I shouldn't need to describe him and how important he is for our national team."