David Silva reckons his toughest game in Man City shirt came six years ago

David Silva reckons his toughest game in a Manchester City shirt came six years ago.

City's Spanish playmaker is approaching the end of a decade in English football, with his contract up at the Etihad this summer when he is expected to move on.

Silva has played for three managers in that time and been a part of four title-winning teams although the closest the club has come to Champions League glory in that time has been the semi-finals in 2016, Manuel Pellegrini's last year in charge of the club.

It was a game during Pellegrini's tenure that Silva recalled when asked in a Reddit Ask Me Anything for the toughest game he has played in during his City career, as a season that had promised so much threatened to implode.

Still in with a chance of winning an unprecedented quadruple as March 2014 came, the Blues suffered a shock FA Cup defeat at home to Wigan before seeing their Champions League hopes ended by Barcelona four days later.

They headed to Hull in the Premier League four days after that while sitting in fourth place in the table, and suffered a dreadful start when captain Vincent Kompany was sent off after 10 minutes.

As the team looked for inspiration, up stepped Silva with a goal and terrific all-round performance to claim a 2-0 win that would prove crucial in helping them win the league title. It is a game that certainly left its mark on the midfielder.

"There have been a lot of tough games, but to pick one — I think it was one against Hull City away in the 2013-2014 season," he said. "They sent off Kompany I think, and we really needed to win the game to win the league, so we did it, but it was tough to do that with ten men."