David Silva believes Manchester City have nothing to lose in Barcelona

Tuesday 17 March 2015 15:18, UK

David Silva believes Manchester City have nothing to lose as they head into Wednesday's crunch Champions League game at Barcelona.

City travel to the Nou Camp needing to overturn a 2-1 deficit to reach the quarter-finals but Spain international Silva is taking succour from recent history.

The 29-year-old said: "Everybody wrote Schalke off before they played Real Madrid but they won 4-3 and could have scored again which would have put them through - nobody predicted that.

"Not many thought PSG could beat Chelsea, especially with only 10 men for so long, so I know that everything can happen, not only in the Champions League but in every game.

"Everyone is expecting Barca to go through but hopefully we can give a strong performance and we don't have any kind of pressure on us because we are behind and playing away."

City - beaten by Barcelona at the same stage last season - needed victories over Bayern Munich and Roma to progress from their group, successes which give Silva more cause for optimism.

He said: "We need this kind of mentality we showed in those games.

"The most important thing is not to concede a goal because obviously things then become more difficult. We played well in the second leg against Barca last season and played with freedom so we will see."

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