Bernardo Silva makes Champions League trophy promise to Man City fans

Bernardo Silva admits there is pressure on Manchester City to beat Atletico Madrid and keep their dream of finally winning the Champions League alive.

City have never won the Champions League, and fell agonisingly short last season in their first appearance in the final. They have reacted well to that disappointment this year by topping a group including Paris Saint-Germain, and progressing to the quarter-finals where they face Atletico Madrid.

According to midfielder Bernardo Silva, City are stronger than they have ever been in Europe, but cannot be considered favourites this season and must rise to the pressure in their two legs with Atletico.

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"It's not just another game, it's a very important game for us," he said, promising that the squad will give everything to win the trophy this season.

"It's a competition that maybe just Scott Carson won. Pep as well but the club has never won it. Most of us have never won it. We really want to do it. Over the years we weren't able to do it, it is the only one missing and we want to go for it again. The pressure is always there and we know these fans always expect us to perform well in this competition and we're going to try our best to make our fans happy and proud of us.

"Of course yes [it's annoying] because we know how important this competition is. It's where the best clubs in Europe play. We really want to do it. We weren't able to do it in the past years. The best we can do is try harder and harder and this year we're going to try very hard.

"It's definitely a goal. It's a thing that we really want to achieve if we are going to achieve - nobody knows. The only thing we can promise