City were beaten by Matty Cash's late goal at Villa Park. It was a first defeat in ten games for City.
“It’s still a long way to go,” said Bernardo afterwards. “I don’t want to draw too many conclusions.
“We would love to be at the top but we’re not. It’s way too early to draw conclusions.
“I would say we played quite well with the ball. Our offensive concepts are really good. Even if we didn’t score we had chances. We made them defend deep and they struggled in some moments. On the other side of the game we were really bad defensively.
“Obviously they are a very good team, this is a Champions League team, a team with a lot of quality players. But we have to look at ourselves.”
On City's performance, the midfielder conceded: “Our pressing was really bad, it felt like we arrived two seconds late to every duel.
“That was the feeling even though our offensive concepts were quite good, but if the pressing is not good you allow the game to be a transitional game.
“When our pressing is not good our team does not play well.”