Pep Guardiola and Manchester City showed their human side in the sympathetic manner with which they treated David Silva over the premature birth of his son Mateo the Spanish star told The Daily Mirror.

Silva said those months of flying back and forth between England and Spain to spend time with Mateo were the "toughest of his life". Mateo was born extremely premature in December last year and Silva missed four games over the busy festive period as a result.