Manchester Derby: David Silva Fit To Face United, Says Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola has confirmed David Silva is fit to play for Manchester City against Manchester United on Sunday.

Guardiola had said Silva was a doubt after he missed the Champions league match against Shakhtar on Wednesday, following the game against West Ham last weekend where City boss said Silva “felt uncomfortable”.

But the Red Devil’s boss Jose Mourinho believed his old rival was simply playing mind games with him.

“He is going to play, the doctor told me at the beginning of the week there was a doubt about him playing that’s why I said what I said but today he arrived and said he is really good so he is going to play.” Guardiola said.

City are eight points above their neighbours and are yet to lose a league game this season but the 46-year-old coach says that his team will need to be at their best.

“My focus is going there, relax and knowing that if don’t do our best it will be almost impossible to beat them and try to play good football,” he said.

“It’s an important game because it is against Man United, you can get points and the other can not but it’s the same for them.

“It’s a marathon, the Premier League. We haven’t arrived at the half of the marathon so there are a lot of points to play.”