Bernardo Silva: Manchester City knew the title race is over if we lost

SILVA LINING: Manchester City's Bernardo Silva celebrates scoring their side's equaliser. Pic:Peter Byrne/PA Wire.

BERNARDO Silva admitted Manchester City's Premier League title challenge was 10 minutes away from being extinguished before their stunning Anfield smash-and-grab.

Pep Guardiola's side cut Arsenal's lead at the top to six points as they sealed a first league double over Liverpool in almost 90 years to breathe fresh life into their fading challenge to regain English football's greatest prize.