Bernardo Silva is one yellow card away from a two-game ban as Manchester City and Arsenal battle for the Premier League
Manchester City meet Arsenal on Sunday in what is being billed as a Premier League title decider.
The Blues begin the weekend six points behind the table-topping Gunners with a game in hand and know that a victory at the Etihad followed by another on Wednesday at Burnley will move them top of the table.
It’s turning into a thrilling title race after Arsenal looked to have moved clear in recent weeks and months and City will hope that they can reel Mikel Arteta’s side back in over the final few games of the campaign.
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But City have a lingering suspension concern over Bernardo Silva, who announced this week he was leaving the Blues when his contract expires in the summer.
The City captain is one yellow card away from a two-game domestic ban and a booking against Arsenal on Sunday would see him miss the game at Burnley and the trip to Everton early next month.
The Portugal international has been booked nine times this term and players who collect 10 yellow cards in their side’s first 32 Premier League matches are hit with a two-game ban.
That means that if Silva escapes a booking against Arsenal the threshold rises to 15 cautions. He will be able to feature in the FA Cup semi-final against Southampton at Wembley later this month regardless as Premier League yellow cards are not carried over to domestic cups.
City don’t have anyone else close to a ban, with Nico Gonzalez and Gianluigi Donnarumma the next highest on yellow cards with six.
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