Bernardo Silva has said he would not be surprised to see Erling Haaland dropped for Manchester City's Champions League round of 16 second leg with Real Madrid. 

Haaland has failed to score in his last three Premier League matches, while his drought across all competitions has extended to six games. 

He had netted 25 times before the turn of the year, with only Kylian Mbappe (29) and Harry Kane (30) managing more, but in 2026, Haaland has scored just four goals.

In addition, in his first 17 Premier League games this season, Haaland scored 19 goals and had a shot conversion of 29%.

In his last 12 games, he has had 36 shots and only scored three times, a drop to just an 8% shot conversion, with many suggesting he could be taken out of the firing line. 

"We wouldn't be shocked by anything, because it is not our job to judge the manager's decision; he gets paid a lot of money to make those decisions," Silva told reporters. 

"We have a big squad, everyone is ready to play. Erling is a massive player for us, a very important player, and in the big games, you need those players.

"But we have fantastic players everywhere. No one is irreplaceable.

"I would obviously prefer to have Erling because when you have Erling on the pitch, you are scoring goals, and we need goals [against Madrid].

"We've played without Erling when he was injured, we've dealt with those situations. The big players are there for the big moments."

Since joining City from Borussia Dortmund in 2022, Haaland has made 187 appearances in all competitions, 176 of which have been from the start for Pep Guardiola's side. 

Across that timeframe, only Arsenal's Declan Rice, Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk (both 178) and Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes (188) have started more. 

Haaland has missed just 41 games since arriving in England, with City winning 33 of those in his absence (D3 L5), and they have done well without him in the side. 

The Citizens average the same number of goals (2.3) with and without Haaland. When he is not in the team, though, they have a win percentage of 80.5% compared to a 63.1% with him in the side.