MANCHESTER CIty STRIKER Edin Dzeko believes in-form team-mate David Silva is the best player in the Premier League.
Silva and Dzeko were highly influential as City thumped Newcastle United 5-0 on Saturday to capitalise on leaders Chelsea’s surprise draw with Burnley earlier in the day.
It was Silva who laid on Dzeko’s first-half goal with a sublime lofted pass and the Spain international went on to score twice himself early in the second period, before being withdrawn ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League tie against Barcelona.
Invited to comment on the quality of Silva’s assist, Dzeko hailed his team-mate as the finest in the division.
He told Sky Sports: “The pass from David was first-class … and for me he is the best player in the Premier League. To have him here with us is an amazing thing, because with David you can always score goals.”
City, who have come from behind late in the season to claim each of their two Premier League titles to date, now trail Chelsea by five points with 12 rounds of matches remaining.
And manager Manuel Pellegrini believes they have enough time to overhaul the leaders Chelsea in the title race.
“I’m very pleased because we returned to being a scoring team here at home and also because we didn’t concede goals,” he told BBC Sport .
“Of course if the other teams drop points it’s better for us, especially Chelsea because we don’t depend on just what we can do.
“All the other teams are behind us in the table, so it doesn’t matter what they do if we continue winning. If we want to continue fighting for the title, we need Chelsea to drop more points, but we have to play [for] another 36 points more, so that’s a lot of time.”
Cap him quickly!
@Lesidees: Clown
@Phil Redmond: Bit harsh..
@Ultan Corcoran: I don’t think it is. I can’t tell you just how much I hate the cap’em quick brigade. If he wants to play for England instead then let him. He’s a young kid and capping him early purely to take that choice away from him is wrong
@Phil Redmond: ah it is a bit harsh Phil.
@Phil Redmond: if you cap him you remove that option and he is locked into the green for ever.
And ever
@Lucious Sweet: Yes I’m aware of that. That’s the very thing we shouldn’t be doing. If/when he decides to commit to Ireland then we can cap him when he’s ready and not before but if he has any thoughts of maybe playing for England then he should be allowed to make that decision for himself. Capping a young a kid purely to remove his options is wrong. Plain and simple
Hope we don’t sack Lampard but am fearful club might react. Up the Toffees!
FFSake Fergus he hasent a clue. We need Dyche.
Frank the fraud!