Guardiola Hails Silva As Manchester City Set New Premier League Record

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has hailed David Silva after his goals helped the Premier League leaders thrash Swansea on Wednesday and extended their record run of consecutive top-flight wins to 15 games.

City set a new all-time Premier League record by securing their 15th win f the season, breaking Arsenal’s record of 14 straight win streak registered across campaigns from February to August 2002.

Two goals from David Silva, a Kevin De Bruyne free-kick and a superb strike by Sergio Aguero at the Liberty Stadium sealed a 4-0 triumph over the league’s bottom club.

“Silva is a real leader in terms of never hiding on the pitch and I am so, so happy because I spoke with him many times and said: ‘You have to score goals,'” Guardiola said.

“Because he has absolutely everything, but sometimes he was thinking more about the pass and now in the last games, at West Ham it was a winning goal and again at Old Trafford.

“He is a star, but now he is enjoying scoring goals. That is so important because we cannot just depend on Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Aguero. We have many options to score goals and that is so important for us,” he added.

City have scored 52 times in 17 Premier League games, with Silva getting four in three games, having also netted in the 2-1 wins over West Ham and Manchester United.

Manchester City top the English league with 11 and will host Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.