Bernardo Silva was pretty honest in his reaction after Man City got thrashed by Sporting CP. Despite the 4-1 loss, Pep Guardiola vowed to fight.

Bernardo Silva said that everything was going against Man City after they got thrashed 4-1 by Sporting CP in the Champions League.

City took the lead in the third minute thanks to a Phil Foden goal, but Sporting came back strong with Viktor Gyokeres scoring a hat-trick, two of which came from the penalty spot. Erling Haaland missed a penalty at the other end on what was an unforgettable farewell for coach Ruben Amorim, who is heading to Manchester United. Silva gave an honest but downbeat interview, while the coach criticised his team for losing their cool in key moments.

"It's disappointing because we're a bit in a dark place right now. Everything looks to be going in the wrong way," Silva told TNT Sports. "Even when we are playing well we don't score our chances and we concede too easily. We definitely need to look inside and check what we're not doing well. And we need to get better very quickly otherwise it will be very difficult to come back from these losses. It's football. It's difficult to find reasons for what is happening to us. I don't remember in seven-and-a-half seasons this team losing three games in a row. It just looks like this team is going the wrong way now."

The City boss added: "The result is there, we congratulate Sporting for the game. We made a fantastic first half, then we struggled to score when we created, then we conceded when the opponents did not do much. Sometimes they can run, they can punish us a little bit, it can happen. But we have to avoid [what happened for] the third and fourth goal [both penalties]. Emotionally we were not stable enough, in this competition you have to be stable."

The hammering in Lisbon came after City lost to Tottenham in the Carabao Cup and Bournemouth in the Premier League. This is only the third time in Guardiola's nine-year tenure that the club has lost three games in a row in all competitions, and only the second time in the same season.

The coach, however, relished the challenge of putting things right. He said: "It's a difficult moment in terms of the result but I want to be here, I want to fight. I won't give up, I like this challenge I have as a manager ahead of me."

City will be hoping to avoid a fourth successive defeat when they travel to Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday. They'll also be looking to get back to the top of the Premier League after Liverpool took the lead.