Bernardo Silva insists Manchester City are inspired to ‘create a legacy’ as they bid for ANOTHER treble ahead of big cup games against Real Madrid and Chelsea

Bernardo Silva admits Manchester City suffered a Champions League hangover – but is now using the prospect of winning a treble as inspiration.

City continue the defense of their European crown in Wednesday’s second quarter-final clash, with old foes Real Madrid leapfrogging to the top of the Premier League at the weekend.

Silva insisted he is not considering lifting the party again, but revealed the historic impact of repeating the feat is not lost on Pep Guardiola’s side.

But the 29-year-old warned that a bad week – against Real, Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final and then a tough trip to Brighton – could end City’s season prematurely.

“I’m not surprised, no, because this group has proven over the years that we are capable of reaching the last month of the season and fighting for all the competitions,” said Silva.

He revealed how City players are keeping their motivation after a clean sheet of trophies last year

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‘Now is where all the hard stuff starts, because it’s not easy. That’s why only two teams won the Treble in English football because it’s not easy.

‘We are very happy to be in a position where we can fight for all of them, knowing that it is not easy, our opponents are really good and it is another big challenge for us.

“Obviously there is inspiration and motivation, we know how well this team has done and we want to create that legacy. To do another Premier League, six in seven years and four in a row and we want to win the Champions League for to do two in a row.

‘I think only Madrid did it, three in a row, but nobody else won four consecutive Premier Leagues and if we win two trebles in a row, that would be legacy.

‘A team that won a treble comes back on a bit of a hangover, to have that hunger to go every three days, it’s not easy.’

Real arrive in Manchester looking for revenge after last season’s 4-0 thrashing at the Etihad Stadium, after which Federico Valverde described it as the toughest stadium he has ever played in.

“In a week we can be out of all the competitions,” added Silva. ‘We fight for it. We still have the feeling that here at home we are very strong with our people.

The Portuguese star opened the scoring against Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final

– After what happened the season before when we were knocked out by Real at the Bernabeu, we wanted to put things right and that performance was also a bit of an apology to our fans for what happened. We felt we owed them another chance to win the competition.

‘Now it’s a different game, different teams, we have our signings and players that are back. Let’s see, but we are very confident because we are playing at home against the kings of the competition.’