Manchester City 4-0 Bournemouth: 5 talking points

#4 Bernardo Silva could be a crucial player in the second half of the season

Bernardo Silva is growing into his role at City

Bernardo Silva had a pretty low key first half of the season, and understandably so as it's his first season in the Premier League. That coupled with the fact that it's hard to get into City's settled first XI has meant very little game time for the Portuguese international.

In the last few weeks though, Silva has had his chance and he has impressed when given a run-out. He has played in City's last four games -- starting in two of them -- and has provided three assists and scored once.

It's still pretty hard to get into the playing XI, but considering there is still half a season to go, the City fans can rest assured knowing that there is a top quality backup for the likes of David Silva and Kevin De Bruyne.

A player of his namesake David Silva's mould, Bernardo can play alongside Fernandinho in a deeper role or play a more attacking minded role, like he did to such good effect in Monaco.