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Man City star Raheem Sterling admits that Sergio Agüero had been missed after he returned for his first game since June in the narrow win over Arsenal: “ Having an absolute forward to connect with was really good. again ”.
- Sergio Agüero played his first game since June in Man City’s win over Arsenal
- It didn’t make a strong impact, but Raheem Sterling was glad to see it back.
- Sterling scored the only goal and City got their season back on track with victory.
Raheem Sterling acknowledged that Manchester City benefited from the return of Sergio Agüero when they managed a 1-0 win against Arsenal to get their season back on track.
Sterling has had to play as a false nine this season with Agüero and Gabriel Jesus absent, but the Argentine’s first action since injuring his knee in June gave City better form and allowed Sterling to play deeper where he replaced Kevin De Bruyne, who had a muscle problem.
“Having a full forward to connect with was really good again,” said Sterling, who missed England’s last group of internationals to rest with a sore hamstring.
Raheem Sterling scored the only goal in Manchester City’s loss to Arsenal on Saturday
‘Sometimes in the first half, Sergio and I got deep into our pockets. It was an important result for us. We have lost points from the beginning and we needed a win to start our season. ”
Sterling managed to get ahead to score the only goal in the 23rd minute and smiled: ‘I like to be in the area for the goal.’
The victory was a relief for Pep Guardiola, who had seen his team defeat Leicester 5-2 in their last home game and was unable to select Aymeric Laporte and Benjamin Mendy due to injury other than De Bruyne and Jesus.
Sterling recognized the importance of Sergio Agüero playing again after months out
“The desire to win was impressive against a team like Arsenal that has everything to be a contender to win the Premier League,” he said.
We are incredibly happy that Sergio is back. He was far from his usual condition but he reached 65 minutes and on Wednesday we have another game (against Porto in the Champions League).
‘We are not ready for 90 minutes yet. We are three weeks behind teams like Liverpool and Arsenal in preparation, but the mood is good.
“Ederson is an incredible goalkeeper for us. (Bukayo) Saka’s save was incredible. ‘
Pep Guardiola praised Ederson, who made a couple of key saves to help City clinch victory
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, who made his £ 45 million debut signing Thomas Partey as a late substitute, was aggrieved that the VAR didn’t look at a Kyle Walker high boot as he cleared a corner.
I asked the referee to see it behind. I don’t think they verified it and I am disappointed with that, ” he said.
‘I’m upset that I don’t get anything out of the game. I felt that we grew through the game and I believed that we could achieve something. ”
Defender Rob Holding retired from the starting lineup in the warm-up with David Luiz promoted from backup to take his place.
