Bernardo Silva warns Liverpool that Manchester City are approaching full strength again

Bernardo is not concerned by City's busy schedule over the coming months

Bernardo Silva has warned Liverpool that Manchester City are approaching full strength as they maintain pressure on the Premier League leaders.

Defending champions City comfortably beat Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Etihad on Monday night to move back within four points of Liverpool.

Pep Guardiola’s side have recovered from losing three of their seven league games in December to record back-to-back victories in the new year, including a crucial 2-1 win over their title rivals.

Meanwhile, Kevin De Bruyne, their outstanding player of last year’s title-winning campaign, has fully recovered from the separate knee ligament injuries which have blighted his season and limited him to just seven league appearances.

With left back Benjamin Mendy also nearing a return after around two months out, Bernardo believes that everything is beginning to fall into place for City.

“It feels like we have all the squad which is important because we need all of them,” the Portuguese playmaker, who has stood in for De Bruyne this term, said.

“It is good finally to be back together and of course until now, until this moment of the season we have had so many injured players.

“We never played with the whole squad so to have almost the whole squad available is fantastic for us and it is very good to try and go for all the competitions.”

City remain in the hunt for FA Cup, EFL Cup and Champions League success as well as the domestic league title.

Liverpool, by contrast, only have the league and Champions League to be concerned about. Jurgen Klopp’s side could play as few as 48 games this season while City are guaranteed to have turned out at least 55 times.

Some have suggested this gives Liverpool an additional edge in the title race, but Bernardo believes City’s progress on all fronts is a positive.

“I think it is a good sign for us that we are still in all the competitions, that is what we try to do and big teams try to do,” he said.

“We will keep going that way, we have a good squad, we will try to make things work, knowing that it is not easy. We are playing in four competitions, against good opponents.

“I don’t think it really matters to reach our goals because when you play in a club like Man City, season after season, you get used to play lots of games so all these games that play in a high level for so many years are used to this.”