Manchester City star, Bernardo Silva has voiced out his displeasure over his team game time against Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday.
The Premier League defending champion played Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on Saturday just some few days after they were defeated by Real Madrid on penalties.
Pep Guardiola’s team played 120 minutes against Madrid on Wednesday night and had to face Chelsea on Saturday afternoon.
This had an effect on the players as England star Stones looked deeply uncomfortable after a sprint to chase down Nicolas Jackson.
Stones was replaced by Ruben Dias for the second period and Silva was not pleased with FA’s decision.
Silva said: “We didn’t play on a level field because the FA didn’t give us a chance to recover, which in my opinion is not reasonable at all. I’m just saying this because we won. If we didn’t win I wouldn’t say it because I don’t like to find excuses. But I don’t think it’s acceptable we had to play [first].
“Today was too much. We played 120 minutes less than three days ago and had to play against a team that didn’t travel because they are from London and had five days waiting for us and thinking about our game. There was no excuse to not have the game on Sunday. It’s not acceptable. For all of us, as a team, that’s how we feel.”
Silva who scored the winning goal against Chelsea added to the complaints afterwards by pointing to his own aches and pains. “I wasn’t fine at all, I wasn’t,” he said. “I felt my left hamstring and my right calf.”
Manchester City will play Manchester United in the FA Cup final and it’s left to see if the FA will get the game time that will be convenient for both teams.
