Praise for Sterling after Man City win

Raheem Sterling received fulsome praise from Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola after starring in the team’s 5-0 Champions League win away to Steaua Bucharest.

The 21-year-old from Harlesden set up two of the goals and was also fouled for a penalty, missed by Sergio Aguero.

Although he scored 11 goals in 46 appearances in his first season at City, following a £47m move from Liverpool, Sterling had found himself out of the team towards the end of the campaign and put in subdued performances for England during Euro 2016.[phone][/phone]

But he answered his critics with a masterful performance in Romania – and Guardiola was very impressed.

Speaking to BT Sport, the ex-Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss said: “He’s a fantastic player. That’s why Manchester City were so clever to buy him last season.

“He has a lot of quality – he’s fast, has a good work ethic, can play right or left, go out to the line or go in the middle. But he’s young and has to learn a lot.”

Sterling, who began his career in QPR’s academy, added: “It’s been a good start to the season so far for me, but most importantly it’s two games and two wins.

“I’ve come back with a good mentality. I just want to play football.”

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