But the Portuguese midfielder insists there’s plenty more to come over the remainder of the campaign.
Silva, 23, was sensational for Monaco last season as they won the Ligue 1 title and made it to the Champions League semi-finals, delivering a masterclass performance at the Etihad Stadium en route that went a long way in convincing City to sign him in the summer.
Having found chances limited in the first half of this season, he has played a much more prominent role in recent weeks and impressed - but he says he’s nowhere near his best yet.
“I’m feeling well right now,” he said. “I knew when I first arrived that it wouldn’t be easy to get into the team probably as fast I wanted to.
“I’m feeling really well, I’m feeling like I’m helping the team that’s what I wanted to do to help this this club achieve their goals because they put a lot of trust in me when they paid a lot of money, so I’m trying every game to give 100 per cent of myself to get better and help the team.
“I feel like I’m getting better and better. I want to try to get even better because this is not even close to what I can do for this team, so I think I’m improving and I want to improve more and more.”
Silva has been used in multiple attacking positions this season, appearing on both the left and right of City’s front three, as well as a False 9 in the recent win over Cardiff in the FA Cup fourth round.
He has quick feet, retains possession superbly and has the ability to play a killer ball when the opportunity arises.
He says he is most comfortable on the right, which is where he played for Monaco, or as a No. 10, but feels playing different positions helps to improve his all-round game.
“I’ve never played much on the left but this season I’ve played a few times on the left, on the right, in the middle - as a number nine in the last game,” he said.
“It’s not my normal position but I feel comfortable to play in the middle as well.
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“I just try to do my best to help the team. It’s good to try new positions to develop and to learn - when you play in different places on the pitch you learn a lot of different things so it’s good to try new things.
“Most of my formation [as a player] I did as a No. 10 but then when I arrived on the second team at Benfica I played a few times on the right side.
“When I went to Monaco, in my first season and my third, last season I played on the right. With the national team mostly I play on the right side.
“So now I’m used to it. I know I’m not a fast player like [Leroy] Sane or [Raheem] Sterling, I know I cannot do some of the things that they can.
“But I try to do other things and of course I try to improve myself.”
