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Man City's 2-goal Bernardo: I had to personally make up for first-leg performance

Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva was full of pride after his two goals helped thrash Real Madrid 4-0 in their Champions League semifinal.

Bernardo struck twice, with Manuel Akanji and Julian Alvarez also scoring as City reached the final 5-1 on aggregate.

He later said, "It is a beautiful night for us. We know it would be tough but to beat this Real Madrid team 4-0 at home was wonderful. Hopefully we will win it.

"We know how tough they are. They pushed us but we were very resilient, we were passionate but organised at the time.

"My performance in the first game in Madrid was not the one I wanted and I wanted to compensate that. Today I had to do better for my team-mates and the fans and that is what I tried to do.

"I am small but good with my head!"

On Inter Milan, he added: "I watched their games, they look very strong and organised defensively. It will be tough but we will try it.

"The Premier League is another trophy we want to win with our fans again so will look to recover before then."

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