In a previous Premier League match, City beat Norwich City 4-0, with Sterling scoring a hat-trick. In an interview with Sky Sports and the BBC after the game, Sterling said the team needed to move on.
About his first goal of the game
Sterling: "On the first goal, I was trying to change the angle of my ankle and shoot the ball into the far corner. When I had the ball and a little bit inside the penalty area line, my first intention was to try to get close to the opposing defender, move a yard and shoot. ”
A hat-trick about scoring goals with left foot, right foot and header respectively
Sterling: "You're not going to score all the goals the way you want, but you need to keep shooting and the goals will come. As a top team, the challenge is to keep winning every three days. ”
About his second goal of the game
Sterling: "We did a lot of set-piece practice in training, we tried to get improved in every area, it all worked, we hit the target, it was important. We need to continue to do that in the next few years, and our biggest challenge is to maintain that level, we can't just look at the past, we need to move on. ”
About the next fixtures
Sterling: "The tough schedule is coming, we have to play a game every three days, we need to move forward again, and today we did. We know how difficult it will be, we don't think it's going to be an easy game and we need to move on and take our chances. ”
(Ma Dongyu)