Ahead of Manchester City's crunch Premier League meeting with Liverpool on Sunday, Pep Guardiola admitted that Jurgen Klopp's side - and the German himself - are the biggest rivals of his managerial career.
Pep Guardiola gives Raheem Sterling verdict after Man City FA Cup rout of Southampton
20.03.2022 - 22:01 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Pep Guardiola says he "never had a doubt" about Raheem Sterling after his goal began the rout of Southampton in the FA Cup quarter-final. The Manchester City boss left the England ace on the bench in the 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace and afterwards said he had considered putting on Ilkay Gundogan and Gabriel Jesus - without mentioning Sterling.
That cast further doubt on his future, after Guardiola said earlier in the season that there would be big changes this summer. Sterling has said he would seek to leave if he was not a regular, with his contract getting close to its final year.
But Sterling opened the scoring at St Mary's and his direct style caused Southampton plenty of problems as the Blues hit the straps and eased away with three second-half goals in a 4-1 win. Guardiola said there is no issue with Sterling: "I didn’t have any doubt about him.
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"But at the same time I have Jack [Grealish], Phil [Foden], Riyad [Mahrez] - you saw the minutes Riyad played that the impact on the team was massive, the quality for many things. But Raheem deserves the best. I’ve said many times what we have done this season could not be possible without Raheem.
"He’s an important player but we have never had this amount of quality, the huge talent we have up front. Even Gabriel [Jesus] is a top player. Today he made a big assist and won the penalty. The impact is always in the box. But I have to make a selection and I’m glad he played really well, scored a goal and was so aggressive in the final third, alw ays creating chances. That’s why I’m really pleased for him and hope he continues to do this."
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