The England forward opened the score in Saturday night’s 1-1 draw between the two teams.

Even though the Citizens still have a game remaining, the outcome puts them four points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool, even though Rodri salvaged a point for the home team late on.

Sterling is a City legend who was instrumental in their triumph from 2015 to 2022. Similar to their earlier-season rematch, he did not celebrate his goal with much fanfare.In his pre-match press conference, Pochettino stated that if he scored against City, he “needed to celebrate.” He also said that killing your old team and then saying “sorry” were unacceptable.

When you compete for various teams, shirts, and badges, your emotions won’t go away. You must rejoice. Now, you’re representing a different squad.

During his pоst-mаtch press cоnference, Pоchettinо аddressed the issue directly, but he оnly hаd pоsitive things tо sаy аbоut Sterling: “It’s impоrtаnt, his experience аnd оf cоurse аn оffensive plаyer needs tо scоre tо feel cоnfidence аnd he wаs wоrking reаlly hаrd fоr the teаm.”He did а gооd jоb оf defending, аnd whenever the teаm needed his аssistаnce, he wаs there tо suppоrt [Ben] Chilwell аnd the defensive line. Yes, a really significant performance. He’s making us feel wonderful and is assisting us in making progress. Sterling was dissatisfied with the outcome, which drops Chelsea to 10th place and 14 points below the top four, even if it was still a solid point away from home.In the end, we can express our satisfaction, but we also feel a little let down. We had opportunities to end the game,’ the 29-year-old remarked. We were aware that they were a skilled ball-handling squad and that we would occasionally have to think outside the box. We regret not having gained a little bit more. The Carabao Cup final between the Blues and Liverpool is scheduled for next Sunday. Pochettino will be hoping that Sterling continues to score goals against previous rivals.