Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling has sent a message to Chelsea ahead of their premier league clash at lunchtime on Saturday.
Sterling a team like Chelsea is good to compete with an reveal the battle will begin in the first minute of the game.
Sterling spoke to Skysports:
“We want to be competing with teams like
Chelsea at the end of the season so this game
is a massive one for us. It’s a game we know
we have to compete in from the first minute
and we can’t let slip. We will be fully focused
and ready to challenge and not give them an
easy game,
“It’s a game we need to win to be taken even
more seriously and make a statement. They are playing great football, scoring lots of goals and conceding very few, but we are fully focused and the manager is getting us ready and prepared.
“Christmas every year seems to be the most
important period and this time around it is
massive. We have some of the big teams so it’s
a period where we need to be fully focused
and know exactly what we need to do to come
out in good shape after Christmas.”
