LONDON (UK) – After Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling’s brace helped seal a 4-0 Premier League win over Watford on Tuesday, the club’s manager Pep Guardiola said the individual accomplishments of his players must be viewed in relation to the team’s success.
The goals scored by City forward Sterling during the first-half took his league tally to 19 goals. However, Guardiola reminded his players that they trailed 15 points behind champions Liverpool as they played one tourney less.
“It’s important for Raheem to score goals but we cannot forget we finished a long way off the champions. This is not good for us,” Guardiola said.
“Of course, we’ve been much better than the other 18 teams. The distance from second to first is big, the distance between second and third is big too, but it’s not enough.
“The personal achievements must always be related to the achievements of the team, which has not been perfect.”
For the first time in the season, City have clinched four league games in a row. But Guardiola said his team had to be more consistent to gun for the title in the 2020-21 campaign.
“We all still need to know we’re far away from Liverpool. This was the first time we’ve managed to win four in a row in the league. Two seasons ago, we managed 18, last season we managed 14,” Guardiola added.
“This shows how poor the consistency has been this season because we’ve had the same team. This happened because something was wrong and I need to discover what it was ahead of next season.”
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