Bernardo Silva gets hat-trick as Manchester City thrash Watford 8-0

Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester City v Watford - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - September 21, 2019 General view of the scoreboard after Manchester City's fifth goal Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - A Bernardo Silva hat-trick helped Manchester City to secure the joint second-biggest Premier League victory in history with an 8-0 thrashing of a bewildered Watford on Saturday.

The champions, responding to their first league defeat since January at Norwich City last weekend, blew Watford away by becoming the first side to score five goals in the first 18 minutes of a Premier League game.