The star of Manchester City, Bernardo Silva, appeared in press statements following the 4-3 loss to Al Hilal in the Round of 16 of the FIFA Club World Cup early today.

The player said, "We feel a great disappointment because we wanted to perform better. We wanted to reach the quarter-finals; we had great ambitions for this tournament. But yes, it’s football; they were good today."

He added, "We didn’t control some situations where we needed to improve, but overall, congratulations to them. They are a good team, very good individually, and they created a lot of problems for us, and they deserved to win."

He emphasized, "Especially the control of ball transitions, because we had the ball again, and the chances that came to us again. In the end, we scored three goals, and we could have scored five or six goals."

He continued, "It was all about controlling the ball when losing it, managing its transitions, and preventing them from running, but they ran a lot! With one or two passes, there was always a feeling of danger coming from them. When we allow teams to run this way, we suffer a lot, and that’s what happened today."

He added, "What we were lacking was greater focus and better organization when losing the ball, especially on counter-attacks..."

He clarified, "We hope to try to compete again for titles - that is the goal, that is the ambition of this club always since I arrived. We will work hard to improve in some aspects to be able to compete for titles. That is our main goal."

He concluded, "We wanted to continue in the tournament; we wanted to play more matches, but now that the season is over, we will rest, and we will try to prepare for the next season in the best possible way because we need a few weeks of rest..."