RAHEEM STERLING HAS apologised to referee Viktor Kassai and Shakhtar Donetsk after he was wrongly awarded a penalty in Manchester City’s 6-0 Champions League triumph.
The England winger went down in the box after 24 minutes having kicked the turf as he shaped to shoot in Wednesday’s Group F clash.
However, Kassai believed Sterling had been brought down by Mykola Matvyenko and promptly pointed to the spot, allowing Gabriel Jesus to net City’s second.
City boss Pep Guardiola appeared to motion that he did not agree with the decision and Sterling himself accepts that he was the beneficiary of an incorrect call.
“I went to chip the ball and I don’t know what happened next,” he told BT Sport. ”I ended up on the floor and turned around…
“I don’t think I felt contact, it was my bad. I hit the floor, scuffed the floor, so apologies to the ref and apologies to Shakhtar.”
Discussing City’s win, which featured a Jesus hat-trick and sends his side three points clear of Lyon at the top of the group, Sterling added: “It was massive. We needed to get the win to keep the pressure on the others and that’s exactly what we’ve done.”
City’s focus now shifts to Sunday’s Manchester derby, as local rivals United – fresh from winning at Juventus – visit the Etihad Stadium.
“I need a couple of days now,” said Sterling. ”We’ll take it slowly, do our recovery and prepare for that.
“It’ll be a massive game at the weekend, but I’m sure we’ll try to do our best and try to get the three points.”
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You’d think he’d have more on his mind with the state his Monaco side is at the moment.
This is the reason Ronaldo has won his last 3, people have started conflating team success with the best player in the world. They should be kept separate, your reward for team success is your medal and a trophy for the team.
@William Boland: Your right to a point but look at Real now. Maybe he won those awards because he made his team so successful. At the moment that’s looks to be the case
@MarkSul: I wouldn’t say that. They could win the CL, and still can this year, because they had a good team, but their league form shows that the squad was not that good, similar to last year’s Liverpool squad.
@MarkSul: ya I was thinking that maybe because Ronaldo is so demanding of everybody (i.e moany) around him that the Madrid players raised their games while he was around. Then naturally when hes gone they’ve all subconsciously eased off a little. That on top of losing a guaranteed 30+ goals a season would explain their recent slump
Not Griezzman
No fear of it being a Monaco player anyway
Is he being serious
Handball Henry is full of shit.
I’d say stick to the commentary or management but he’s crap at both